{"id":973,"date":"2026-04-06T13:04:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/?p=973"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:16:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:16:05","slug":"forte-montecchio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/en\/forte-montecchio\/","title":{"rendered":"Forte Montecchio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Forte Montecchio is a fortress built shortly before the First World War. It remained in use until after the Second World War and is one of the best-preserved fortresses in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Its good condition is also due to the fact that, although it was used in both World Wars, the fortress only saw combat for two days. Towards the end of the Second World War, Italian partisans captured the fortress. They aimed the cannons at the German occupiers and thus forced an agreement to withdraw.<\/p>\n<p>Particularly impressive are the massive gun turrets, which are also well-preserved. During the guided tour, these can still be adjusted using mechanical cranks.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-973 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/en\/forte-montecchio\/forte_montecchio_nord_1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forte_Montecchio_Nord_1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Entry building to the fort\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forte_Montecchio_Nord_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forte_Montecchio_Nord_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forte_Montecchio_Nord_1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forte_Montecchio_Nord_1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/en\/forte-montecchio\/forte_di_montecchio_dormitorio_e_polveriera\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forte_di_Montecchio_Dormitorio_e_Polveriera-1024x556.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"View on the barrack and the fort above\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forte_di_Montecchio_Dormitorio_e_Polveriera-1024x556.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forte_di_Montecchio_Dormitorio_e_Polveriera-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forte_di_Montecchio_Dormitorio_e_Polveriera-1200x652.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forte_di_Montecchio_Dormitorio_e_Polveriera.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/en\/forte-montecchio\/forte_montecchio_nord_colico\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forte_Montecchio_Nord_Colico-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Inner court of the fort\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forte_Montecchio_Nord_Colico-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forte_Montecchio_Nord_Colico-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forte_Montecchio_Nord_Colico-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forte_Montecchio_Nord_Colico.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Visits are only possible with a guided tour (as of 2026). Current opening hours can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortemontecchionord.it\">website of the fort<\/a>. Larger groups can also request a separate guided tour.<\/p>\n<p>A visit to Forte Montecchio can also be well combined with a visit to the nearby ruins of the 17th-century Spanish Forte di Fuentes.<\/p>\n<p>The fort is located about a 15-minute drive from the campsite on the outskirts of Colico.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-container is-disabled embed-openstreetmap\" data-embed-id=\"oembed_1d12bf569c876d6dbb583d9d863726d8\" data-embed-provider=\"openstreetmap\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/osm-screenshot.png?ver=1675006951); aspect-ratio: 425\/350;\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"embed-privacy-enable screen-reader-text\">Display content from OpenStreetMap<\/button>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-overlay\">\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-inner\">\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-logo\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo.png?ver=1675006949);\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\tClick here to display the embedded map from OpenStreetMap.\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\t\t\t\t\tLearn more in <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.osmfoundation.org\/wiki\/Privacy_Policy\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStreetMap\u2019s privacy policy<\/a>.\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"embed-privacy-input-wrapper\">\t\t\t<input id=\"embed-privacy-store-openstreetmap-1d12bf569c876d6dbb583d9d863726d8\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"1\" class=\"embed-privacy-input\" data-embed-provider=\"openstreetmap\">\t\t\t<label for=\"embed-privacy-store-openstreetmap-1d12bf569c876d6dbb583d9d863726d8\" class=\"embed-privacy-label\" data-embed-provider=\"openstreetmap\">\t\t\t\tAlways display content from OpenStreetMap\t\t\t<\/label>\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-footer\"><span class=\"embed-privacy-url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/export\/embed.html?bbox=9.27675247192383%2C46.09384049441323%2C9.48772430419922%2C46.194459434572316&amp;layer=mapnik&amp;marker=46.14417295225592%2C9.382238388061523\">Open content directly<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-content\">\t\t\t\t<script>var _oembed_1d12bf569c876d6dbb583d9d863726d8 = '{\\\"embed\\\":\\\"&lt;iframe style=&quot;border: 1px solid black;&quot; src=&quot;https:\\\\\/\\\\\/www.openstreetmap.org\\\\\/export\\\\\/embed.html?bbox=9.27675247192383%2C46.09384049441323%2C9.48772430419922%2C46.194459434572316&amp;amp;layer=mapnik&amp;amp;marker=46.14417295225592%2C9.382238388061523&quot; width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;350&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&quot; data-mce-type=&quot;bookmark&quot; class=&quot;mce_SELRES_start&quot;&gt;\\\\ufeff&lt;\\\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\\\/iframe&gt;\\\"}';<\/script>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><small><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/?mlat=46.14417&amp;mlon=9.38224#map=13\/46.14417\/9.38224\">View larger map<\/a><\/small><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,8],"class_list":["post-973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein","tag-historical","tag-sightseeing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":980,"href":"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions\/980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aulacdecomo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}