The Austro-Hungarian entrenched camp of Ragogna is the second route offered by the open-air Museum "The places of the Great War on the Friulian hills".
Compared to the fortified compound of Mt. Ragogna, this is a shorter excursion leading to a number of Austro-Hungarian defensive structures built during the year of Austrian military occupation of Friuli (November 1917 - November 1918) to block possible Italian counter-attacks.
THE SIGNS POSITIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRENCH CAMP ITINERARY
Besides important historical remnants, this itinerary offers visitors the opportunity to discover the typical landscape around the Tagliamento River, characterized by dense vegetation and gravel from the river banks. Before the dirt trail, on the road from San Giacomo to Aenodis, at the intersection between Via San Remigio and Via del Lavoro, you can see the first remain of the Great War. It is a machine-gun pit with a plaque (partly) created by construction workers, which can only be seen from outside as it now lies on private land.
From here, continue along Via San Remigio and Via Aenodis (on the right) until you arrive, after around 100m, at a cart track heading to the Tagliamento River. At the confluence of the latter and Rio Fossal, you can observe the slits of an underground blockhouse and some entangled trenches. A little further on, you will find more bunkers, including one located on a ridge overlooking the Tagliamento. After 300 metres, the entrances of some tunnels and trenches (now partly collapsed) show two plaques of the fourth Division of the Imperial Army Technical School.
The walk along the Austro-Hungarian entrenched camp can be integrated by a visit to the Museum of the Great War of Ragogna, which offers an insight on what you can see around this area as well as some curios related to that period.
