Valparola Pass

Valparola Pass
	View to the north-northwest with Piz Cunturines , Valparola Lake and Passhütte
Pass height	2168 m slm
	Belluno Province
expansion	Strada Provinciale 24
Mountains	Dolomites
	profile
	Map (Belluno)
Coordinates	46 ° 31 '54 " N , 11 ° 59' 20" E Coordinates: 46 ° 31 '54 " N , 11 ° 59' 20" E

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The Valparola ( Italian Passo di Valparola , gadertalisch- Ladin Ju de Valparola or Ju de Valparora ) is a mountain pass in the Italian Alps in the province of Belluno ( Veneto ) near the border with South Tyrol . It is located at an altitude of 2168 m slm south of the saddle point where the Rifugio "Passo Valparola" is located, and a little deeper is Lake Valparola . On the south side, the road climbs up to its apex of 2192 m slm , where there is a parking lot and a museum, and then leads down to the Falzarego Pass , which is just a few kilometers southeast .

The Valparola Pass is part of the watershed between the river systems of the Adige and the Piave .

history

Looking east to the Averau

The pass belonged to Tyrol until the First World War . The border with Italy ran a few kilometers to the east. This made the pass part of the Dolomite front, as Austria withdrew it a little beyond the actual border for strategic reasons. The old Austrian barrier fort Tra i Sassi is located on the pass . Soon after the First World War began, it was partially destroyed by Italian artillery. Some Austrian soldiers were killed. As a ruse, the Austrians continued to illuminate the fort from the inside to give the impression that it was still in use. The Italians continued to fire at the fort ruins. Today the fort is a museum.

In the past, only a mule track (Valparolajoch, also Castellopass) led over the pass , which was replaced by a developed pass road.

Surname

The Valparola got its name from the ironworks that were once near the pass. Valparola is the Latin translation of the German word "Eisenofenalpe". Ruins of these ovens, which were still in use into the 16th century, are said to have been visible in 1860. Even the Stone Age people knew the pass, as has been proven by a few finds at Lake Valparola . It can be assumed that the smelting of metal goes back at least to the Iron Age .

Blue stone

The bluish stone can be seen on the right edge of the picture below the mountain peak.

A large stone on the slope of the Hexenstein was painted blue a few years ago and has become a tourist attraction.

Web links

Commons : Valparola Pass - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 175 .

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[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. 175 .