Passo Brocon

Passo Brocon
The top of the Passo Brocon with a memorial to the mountain war of 1915–1918
Compass direction	Northeast	southwest
Pass height	1615  m slm
province	Trentino
Valley locations	Canal San Bovo	Castello Tesino
expansion	Pass road
Mountains	Lagorai chain
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Coordinates	46 ° 7 '7 "  N , 11 ° 41' 18"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 7 '7 "  N , 11 ° 41' 18"  E

The Passo Brocòn (sometimes incorrectly called Broccon ) is a 1616  m slm high alpine pass in eastern Trentino and connects the Vanoi valley with the Tesino plateau .

location

The pass, paved throughout, is located in the municipality of Castello Tesino , which it connects with Canal San Bovo . At the top of the pass there is a war memorial and an inn.

From the top of the pass, a gravel road "old south ramp" branches off to the south-east of Lamon, with a few hairpin bends in the upper area in particular. A little west of the top of the pass, a narrow road branches off, which leads west of the main road to Pieve Tesino.

Surname

The name Brocon is derived from the snow heather ( Erica carnea ), popularly called brocon . A nature trail has been laid out near the top of the pass (the Trodo dei fiori ), where you can experience the high alpine flora of the Lagorai chain.

history

As a result of the war of 1866, Austria-Hungary lost the previously Austrian Veneto to Italy . Those who came from the Rolle Pass and wanted to go to Valsugana now had to travel a few kilometers across Italian territory. The Austrian military in particular found this situation intolerable and soon demanded the construction of a road from Imer via Canal San Bovo and the Broc (c) onesattel to Castello Tesino, which should run a few kilometers from the border exclusively on Austrian territory. It took a good four decades until the construction of the 45 km long road began in 1907 and was completed in 1909. The construction of this road and its initial use, which primarily served strategic military interests, cost 2.5 million crowns at the time .

But as early as 1918, nine years after its completion, the road lost its importance overnight as a result of the changed course of the border, when all of the formerly Austrian South Tyrol came to Italy . Today it is actually only used by the local residents and visited by a few tourists.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald Denzel: Great Alpine Road Guide . 22nd edition. Denzel-Verlag, Innsbruck 2005, ISBN 3-85047-764-9
2. ↑ Steffan Bruns: Alpine passes - history of the alpine pass crossings. From the Inn to Lake Garda . 1st edition. tape 3 . L. Staackmann Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-88675-273-7 , p. 161 .