{"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_1108ebbbe5da8200aab8069e7e45c6c0\" 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<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-sr-message screen-reader-text\" role=\"status\" data-message=\"Content from OpenStreetMap has been loaded.\"><\/div>\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);\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\tClicca qui per visualizzare la mappa incorporata da OpenStreetMap.\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\t\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\t<noscript>\t\t\t\t<br \/>\t\t\t\tPlease enable JavaScript in your browser to load this content.\t\t\t<\/noscript>\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"embed-privacy-input-wrapper\">\t\t\t<input id=\"embed-privacy-store-openstreetmap-1108ebbbe5da8200aab8069e7e45c6c0\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"1\" class=\"embed-privacy-input\" data-embed-provider=\"openstreetmap\">\t\t\t<label for=\"embed-privacy-store-openstreetmap-1108ebbbe5da8200aab8069e7e45c6c0\" 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_1108ebbbe5da8200aab8069e7e45c6c0 = '{\\\"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}]}}