The Permanent artillery battery "Lower Ragogna" is located on Height 380 in proximity of the so-called "Curvon di Borc", a wide turn from where you can enjoy great views. Built in 1909, this structure was aimed at controlling passages on the Pinzano Bridge. It was a fortified post able to accommodate 4 medium-calibre guns (149 mm). A little further on, an opening could accommodate four more artillery pieces.
The actual fortified gun positions were flanked by an ammo deposit (now destroyed) and served by an extensive logistic area underground, including underground powder magazines, shelters and barracks. A large water tank of stone and cement had been built a few dozen metres from the battery to collect rainfall, supplied by three wells.
Around 10,000 tiles had been used to build the funnel for collecting water, which does not exist anymore; those tiles were indeed used by locals to rebuild or repair their damaged houses once the conflict ended.
Of great interest are two pencil drawings that can still be seen inside the fortified caves used as a command post by the Bologna Brigade during the battles of 1917. The first drawing represents an Austro-Hungarian assault with an Italian soldier standing on an hillcrest and holding an Italian flag in his hand. The second shows the name of Luigi Battisti, born in Poggio d'Asti in 1895, followed by a stylized frieze of the Royal House of Savoy with crossed tricolour flags.
