Passo role

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Passo role
The top of the pass seen from the Cima di Vezzana

The pass from the Vezzana seen

Compass direction northwest south
Pass height 1984  m slm
province Trento (Region Trentino-South Tyrol )
Watershed Avisio → Etsch Cismon → Brenta
Valley locations Predazzo ( Fiemme Valley ) San Martino di Castrozza ( Primiero )
expansion Strada Statale 50 Italia.svg Strada Statale 50 del Grappa e del Passo Rolle
Built 1870-1872
Mountains Lagorai / Pala group
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Passo Rolle (North Italy)
Passo role
Coordinates 46 ° 17 '47 "  N , 11 ° 47' 13"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 17 '47 "  N , 11 ° 47' 13"  E
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The Passo Rolle (German Rollepass ) is an alpine pass in Trentino in Italy . It connects the Fiemme Valley with the Primör , has a pass height of 1984  m slm and lies in the area of ​​the Parco Naturale Paneveggio - Pale di San Martino .

history

The road over the Rolle Pass is one of the oldest in the Dolomites . Unlike most of the other roads in this area, this pass road was completed in 1872. But a few decades before that, around 1820, the Rolle Pass was probably already passable. However, this road did not meet the requirements, which is why the road in the valley section was completely rebuilt from 1840 to 1865 and the actual pass road from 1870 to 1872.

This road also no longer met the requirements in World War I, as an important supply route led to the front via the Rolle Pass. The necessary expansion began soon, but could not be completed until 1919. In the meantime, however, the connection is again in need of renovation. While the south ramp has recently been modernized, the north ramp still has numerous narrow and confusing curves and hairpin bends. The north ramp of the pass road has 12 hairpin bends, the south ramp even has almost 30 hairpin bends.

The Rolle Pass seems to have been unknown in the Stone Age, or at least unused, as there are no finds from this time. Ancient hunters who used the Rolle Pass route preferably crossed the ridge at a different point, namely at the 1908 m high Colbricon Pass immediately adjacent to the west of the Rolle Pass . A road that soon turns into a path leads to this transition today, which has some Stone Age sites. This pass has been walked since at least the Paleolithic , and the hunters left a lot of 'rubbish' behind. During excavations in 1971/72 several resting places for Paleolithic hunters were found on both sides of the crossing, especially on the nearby Colbricon Lakes . The Colbriconpass was also used in later times and even had a mule track .

In the Middle Ages , the Rolle Pass was probably of some importance for supra-regional traffic, certainly also for trade, especially Venice . To take care of travelers stood from about 1200 Hospice of San Martino and on the west side of the hospice Paneveggio available.

  • The Pala group from the Rolle Pass

  • Pass height with information sign

  • Cima di Vezzana ( 3192  m ) and Cimon della Pala ( 3184  m ) seen from the pass

  • Cimon della Pala with the church on the Rolle pass

Web links

Commons : Passo di Rolle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 170 .
  2. ↑ Adolf Ritter von Guttenberg: Growth and yield of the spruce in the high mountains . Deuticke, Vienna 1915, p. 67, The listing of the yield tables  - Internet Archive