In the Dolomite mountains of Italy not too far from where we live there is a series of tunnels that where cut into Mount Pasubio by soldiers during WWI in order to safely transport supplies. Work began on February 6, 1917 and was concluded in November 1917. It is considered to be an engineering masterpiece for it’s day and is one of the few remaining structures from WWI.
The road is 6,555 meters long, of which 2,280 is 52 rock galleries, each gallery is numbered and marked by its own name. The minimum width of 2.20 m was originally intended to allow the transit of contemporary two mules with their baggage. My favorites were the 19th, because besides being the longest (320 m), it had a helical path to 4 turns, within a giant tower of rock. The 20th is excavated in a rock tower, and is screwed on itself like a corkscrew.
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| This is what I have to deal with… |
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| A “well” made to blow up if need be to make the path unpassable |
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| The tower that the 20th tunnel comes out of. |
