Monte Fior
| Monte Fior | |
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| Elevation | 1,824 m (5,984 ft) |
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| Location | Veneto, Italy |
| Parent range | Vicentine Alps |
Monte Fior is a mountain of Veneto, Italy. It is located on the Asiago Plateau, in the Vicentine Alps, and has an elevation of 1,824 metres (5,984 ft).[1][2]
Monte Fior is the highest peak of the Melette group, in the Province of Vicenza.[1][2] Along with the rest of the group, it was heavily contested during the First World War; held by the Alpini and the Sassari Brigade, on 7 June 1916 it was captured by Austro-Hungarian troops during the battle of Asiago, after bitter fighting in which over 3,500 men were killed, but it returned in Italian hands a few weeks later. It was again captured by the Austro-Hungarians on 3 December 1917, during the First Battle of Monte Grappa, and held by them until the end of the war.[3][4]
Part of the events narrated by Emilio Lussu in One Year on the High Plateau take place on Monte Fior.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Monte Fior, Melette di Foza - Altopiano di Asiago Sette Comuni". www.magicoveneto.it.
- 1 2 "861 Monte Fior – CAI Asiago". caiasiago.it (in Italian).
- ↑ "Monte Fior - Brigata Sassari, la Leggenda". www.brigatasassari.it.
- ↑ Costa, Samantha (22 July 2008). "La battaglia di Monte Fior". Associazione Nazionale Alpini (in Italian).