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Old Jun 8, 2022 | 08:33 AM
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War memorial for Italian soldiers on top of the pass on the Italian side


The customs and border control buildings sure have seen better days.


Also have the barracks (only one building) named after Major Giovanni Macchi. Macchi was from Sicily and officer in the Guardia di Finanza, the Financial Police of Italy. He and his three companies of men weren’t trained in fighting in the mountains but right after they arrived in Tolmezzo in May 1915 they were involved in heavy fights on the Kleiner Pal in June 1915. Macchi died on June 14th 1915 when he and his men defended the Plöckenpaß against Austrian infantry. The Italians were outnumbered but managed to hold this key defence position until reinforcements arrived.


Decay everywhere


Ossario di Timau; ossuary, war memorial and chapel in Timau on the bottom of the Plöckenpaß road.








Downspout meets art


420 mm (17 in) shell of a „42 cm Haubitze M. 14/16“ (Coastal Howitzer Model 14). These guns were developed to protect the Austrian-Hungarian naval base in Pola, but later were also used in other battles during WW1. Some of them were still in service in WW2 and used to bomb Leningrad and Sevastopol.


Timau, Linear settlement in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Kellerspitzen (Creta da Chianevate, 2774 m) in the background




This view brings back a lot of childhood memories.


Church Christo Re (1946-1964)




Chiesa Parrocchiale (parish church) di Santa Geltrude, probably with Blaustein (Cima Avostanis 2193 m)




I absolutely love these narrow, windy roads in old italian villages.

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