Tagliata Bariola

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Bariola road block: The two-storey casemate block with the flank ditch

The Tagliata Bariola (Eng. Bariola road block ) is a former fortification in the northern Italian province of Vicenza . It was built at the end of the 19th century in what is now the municipality of Valli del Pasubio .

location

The roadblock is located on the road leading from Schio through the Leogra valley ( Italian Val Leogra ) to the Pian delle Fugazze pass, a little above the town of Sant'Antonio del Pasubio at an altitude of about 600  m slm This road, today the provincial road (Italian. Strada provinciale abbreviated SP) 46, an important connection leading towards the Adige Valley was already planned by Napoleon Bonaparte before the Tagliata was built and then built between 1817 and 1818 under Emperor Franz I. The barrier itself is only a few kilometers away from the top of the pass, on which the state border between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy ran until the end of the First World War and today the border between the provinces of Trento and Vicenza runs.

history

The Tagliata Bariola, sometimes also referred to as Tagliata San Antonio, comes from the same building era as Forte Monte Maso, about 250 m away as the crow flies above the road block . Together with the latter and the nearby Monte Castelliero gun emplacement, it was supposed to seal off the upper Val Leogra from attempted break-ins over Passo Pian delle Fugazze and Passo Xomo.

Corner casemate on the throat side

The facility was built in the 1880s and, in contrast to Forte Monte Maso, was neither modernized nor reinforced in the following period, so that the barrier was out of date well before the outbreak of World War I and would not have withstood the bombardment of modern artillery for long. The Austro-Hungarian registry office nevertheless paid a certain amount of attention to the complex belonging to the Agno Assa lock at the turn of the century and described the construction in detail.

During the First World War, the Tagliata Bariola was never involved in acts of war because, like Forte Monte Maso, it was too far from the front. In May 1916 it was partially disarmed and after the Austro-Hungarian South Tyrol offensive ceased in June 1916 and the associated strengthening of the front lines in this section, the building finally lost its original meaning as a road block and was consequently completely disarmed.

When the street was expanded in the 1930s, most of the barrier was removed and the ruins were subsequently used as storage areas.

Between 2006 and 2008, the Veneto region had the remains of the facility cleared of vegetation and debris, and safety measures were taken to prevent further deterioration of the structure.

description

The structure, made of broken bricks, blocks and bricks, was built lengthways to the street. A work trench surrounded originally facility on three sides (front, fillet , and on the downhill side facing flank side ). The road led over a hinged bridge over the throat ditch and the subsequent gate into the barrier, which was only partially covered in the passage area, and back out on the front side over the front ditch, which was also provided with a bridge and gate. The trenches could be taken under fire through gun slits from the casemates . The casemates for 42 mm rapid-fire cannons were located on the upper storey of the front and throat sides .

The two-story casemate corps on the valley side along the flank ditch was adapted to the mountainside and the road gradient. On the upper floor of the flank there were gun and machine gun slots , while the lower floor below street level contained the gun slots for two 87 mm guns. Each corner casemate was also armored with a Gardner machine gun.

On the mountain side, the road block closed directly on the slope, here the mountain had been partially excavated for storage rooms. The Tagliata was designed for a crew of 100 men.

Gardner Gun Mod. 1888

The current condition only gives an idea of ​​the size of the facility. When the street was expanded in the 1930s, the entire central structure through which the street ran was removed and the front and throat ditch filled in. The casemate block along the flank ditch, parts of the corner casemate on the valley side and the cavernous storage rooms on the mountain side have been preserved. The entrances to the facility are blocked by bars.

Armament

The main armament consisted of four 42-mm rapid-fire cannons model Nordenfelt on a rack mount , which were located in the casemates on the front and throat sides. In addition, the Tagliata was armed with two cannons model 87 B, which were used to secure the flank side, and four machine guns model Gardner caliber 10.33 mm. The latter were of American production and imported in small numbers directly from the USA by the Italian army for the close defense of barriers, in particular for the defense of factory trenches.

literature

  • Mariano de Peron: Siti di guerra sui monti delle valli Leogra - Posina - Astico. Cornedo, 2011.
  • Ecomuseo Grande Guerra Prealpi Vicentine (ed.): Maso, Enna, Campomolon, Casa Ratti. Forti dello sbarramento Agno-Astico-Posina. Marcolin, Schio, 2014.
  • Luca Girotto: Forte Tombion. La sentinella del Canal di Brenta. Storia ed immagini per la visita alla più antica tra le opere permanenti della "Fortezza Brenta-Cismon". Associazione Storico Culturale della Valsugana Orientale e del Tesino, Borgo Valsugana 2008, ISBN 978-88-903488-0-8 .
  • Robert Striffler: From Fort Maso to Porta Manazzo: History of the construction and war of the Italian forts and batteries 1883-1916. Book Service South Tyrol E. Kienesberger, Nuremberg 2004, ISBN 978-3-923995-24-0 .

Web links

Commons : Tagliata Bariola  - collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ Mariano de Peron: Siti di guerra sui monti delle valli Leogra - Posina - Astico. P. 21
  2. ↑ It belonged to the 1st sector Schio (Val Leogra) of the sub-sector Agno-Posina.
  3. ↑ a b Robert Striffer: From Fort Maso to Porta Manazzo: construction and military history of the Italian forts and batteries from 1883 to 1916. Pp. 69-74.
  4. ↑ B stands for bronze.
  5. ↑ Luca Girotto: Forte Tombion. La sentinella del Canal di Brenta. Storia ed immagini per la visita alla più antica tra le opere permanenti della "Fortezza Brenta-Cismon". P. 20.
  6. ↑ Brief description Tagliata Bariola in Italian , accessed on March 27, 2017.

Coordinates: 45 ° 45 ′ 20.5 ″  N , 11 ° 12 ′ 47.3 ″  E