Rifugio Achille Papa
Map with all coordinates: | Rifugio Achille Papa CAI refuge category C |
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| location | Porte di Pasubio, Pasubio ; Vicenza Province , Italy ; Valley location: Valli del Pasubio | |
| Mountain range | Pasubio , Vicentine Alps | |
| Geographical location: | 45 ° 47 '2.2 " N , 11 ° 11' 9.2" E | |
| Altitude | 1928 m slm | |
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| owner | CAI Section Schio | |
| Built | 1921 | |
| Construction type | Refuge | |
| Usual opening times | from May 15th to October 15th | |
| accommodation | 55 beds, 0 camps | |
The Rifugio Generale Achille Papa (also Rifugio Achille Papa for short or just Rifugio Papa , German Papa Hut ) is a refuge of the Schio section of the Italian Alpine Club CAI .
Location and surroundings
The Rifugio Papa is located in the northern municipality of Valli del Pasubio in the province of Vicenza . It was built in the eastern area of the Pasubio at the so-called Porte di Pasubio (German Tore des Pasubio ) at the upper edge of the Val Canale at 1928 m slm . The Strada degli Eroi (German road of heroes ) leads past the hut, which meets the Strada degli Scarubbi just a few meters further on. The Strada delle 52 gallery also ends at the Schützhütte .
The Papa Hut is touched by both the European long-distance hiking trail E5 and the Sentiero della Pace (German: Friedensweg ).
history
The first plans to build a refuge on the Pasubio existed as early as 1907. However, they were only realized after the First World War , when the Schio section of the CAI set about building a hut to commemorate the soldiers who fell on the Pasubio.
When choosing a possible location, consideration was given to using existing buildings that the war had left behind in large numbers. In September 1921 a suitable location was finally found south of the Porte di Pasubio, on the site of a former Italian barracks camp. A well-preserved two-story stone barrack was to be used as a future refuge and the first renovation work began before the onset of winter in 1921.
On July 6, 1922, the Schützhütte, then still known as Rifugio Pasubio , was inaugurated in the presence of several thousand people. However, the hut soon turned out to be too small and the choice to fall back on an already existing building turned out to be a disadvantage in retrospect, as extensions and conversions had to be based on the existing building fabric. The first expansion was considered as early as 1925, it was tackled between 1926 and 1928 and the expanded Rifugio opened in May 1929. With this, the hut gave up its provisional status and a first hut keeper with regular opening times took over the hut.
The cult of the dead, practiced by the fascist government , for the fallen soldiers of World War I, led to the planning of a further expansion of the refuge in 1935. Work on the third wing dragged on from 1937 to 1939. In 1937 the Rifugio got its current name: Rifugio Generale Achille Papa . Named after the commander of the Italian Liguria infantry brigade, which was deployed on the Pasubio from 1916 to 1917 and whose veterans were among the greatest supporters of the expansion. An official handover of the Rifugio Papa, which was planned for 1940, did not take place due to the Italian entry into the war .
Various conversions took place between 1962 and 1964, including a bivouac a little above the actual refuge that still serves as a winter room today. In the period that followed, the supply of water, which is difficult in the karst-like terrain, was improved through the creation of additional water cisterns and collecting basins. In 1998 another one-story extension was completed, which serves as a terrace and storage room. In 2003, the bivouac was restored and new power generators installed and the sewage disposal system rebuilt according to new sustainable criteria.
The various phases in which the hut was built can still be traced back to the existing building fabric. The oldest part, the easternmost, is the first extension from 1929 to the west and then the one from 1939.
Accesses
- From Passo Pian delle Fugazze , 1162 m ⊙ on Strada degli Eroi, path 179, 339 (2 hours 30 minutes)
- From Bocchetta Campiglia, 1216 m, ⊙ on Strada degli Scarubbi, path 370 (2 hours 45 minutes)
- From Bocchetta Campiglia, 1216 m, ⊙ on Strada delle 52 Gallerie, path 366 (3 hours)
- From Rifugio Balasso, 983 m, ⊙ on path 300A, 300 (2 hours 45 minutes)
Neighboring huts and crossings
- To Rifugio Vincenzo Lancia , 1825 m ⊙ on path 105 or 120 in 2.5 to 3 hours
- To Passo della Borcola , 1219 m ⊙ on path 120, 147 in 3 hours
Mountaineering
- Cima Palon, 2232 m ⊙ 50 minutes, path 105
- Dente Italiano (German Italian plate ), 2220 m ⊙ 1 hour, path 105
- Dente Austriaco (German Austrian plate ), 2203 m ⊙ 1 hour 10 minutes, path 105
- Soglio dell'Incudine, 2114 m ⊙ 1 hour, path 105, 398
literature
- Paolo Ghitti, Terenzio Sartore: All Porte del Pasubio. Rifugio “Gen. Achille Papa ”. Schio, 2003.
- Hans Dieter Hübner : On the way in historical footsteps Volume 1. Hikes and excursions on the focal points of the Austro-Hungarian South Tyrol offensive in 1916. Volume 1: Around the Pasubio. Books on Demand, Norderstedt, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8391-5723-7 .
- Gianni Pieropan, Luca Baldi: Guida al Pasubio. Escursioni, itinerari storici, gallerie, la Grande Guerra, la storia alpinistica. Edizioni Panorama, Trento, 1987.
Web links
References and comments
- ^ From the summer of 1916 until the end of the war in 1918, the Pasubio was one of the cornerstones on the Italian-Austrian mountain front .
- ↑ The so-called El Milanin (German Little Milan ).
- ↑ Paolo Ghitti, Terenzio Sartore: Alle Porte del Pasubio. Rifugio “Gen. Achille Papa ” , p. 26 ff.
- ↑ Paolo Ghitti, Terenzio Sartore: Alle Porte del Pasubio. Rifugio “Gen. Achille Papa ” , p. 40 ff.
- ↑ The work was driven by the regional tourism organization ( Italian Ente Provinciale del Turismo ). The aim was to equip the Pasubio with infrastructures and thereby prepare it as a national memorial . In addition to the expansion of the Rifugio, the Strada degli Eroi (1938) and the so-called Rifugio Militare on the Cima Palom were built during this time.
- ↑ Paolo Ghitti, Terenzio Sartore: Alle Porte del Pasubio. Rifugio “Gen. Achille Papa ” , p. 50 ff.
- ↑ The Bivacco Marzotto-Sacchi with 8 seats.
- ↑ Paolo Ghitti, Terenzio Sartore: Alle Porte del Pasubio. Rifugio “Gen. Achille Papa ” , p. 91 f.