The Treviso still has scars and indelible memories of the Great War along the axis of the river Piave, from Montello to Mount Grappa. Visiting these places is a duty and above all an occasion to remember what happened a hundred years ago with the hope not to repeat past mistakes.
In Veneto there are many routes of the Great War, but what I want to present today is the result of a great work of restoration and development of the area leading from the bridge to the bridge of Vidor Priula, retracing the front of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the First World War , for a length of about 30 km. You can travel around on foot along a marked trail, or by car making stops along the way. The credit was of ‘association From Bridge to Bridge which is taking over the rehabilitation and insertion of explanatory signs with the aim of promoting the area affected by the Great War through historical and natural along the Piave .
Honored by the invitation from Valentina Around & About Treviso, let us meet with other bloggers and members of the Da Ponte Bridge streets in Vidor, where we start our journey to the places of the Great War. On foot we climb up the small Col Marcon, surrounded by vineyards of Prosecco, and reach the highest part of the hill, from where you can admire a wide view over the river Piave (Piave or as it has always been called here) and on the Montello. And ‘here that in November 1917 the Italian army was folded immediately after the rout of Caporetto. The inhabitants of Vidor had to escape and reach the right bank of the Piave to find shelter, while at home and Col Marcon began the first tremendous fights among the few Italian troops and the Austrian army led by General Otto von Bellow. At eight pm the bridge of Vidor was blown up by the Italians, thus starting the resistance on the right bank of the river Piave.
Accompanied by some members of the Da Ponte in Ponte trenches and visit some of the locations where the Austrians had a wide view on the territory.
