Gruppo Alpini "Gen. Pietro Zaglio" di Salce – ANA Belluno Section
Help the living to honour the dead – Nardo Caprioli
More than 200 pictures telling not only the story of a military mission, but of the encounter between the Julia Alpini and the people of Herat. “Oltre il Presidio”, a photo exhibition on Herat’s PRT XIV in Afghanistan, comes to Conegliano.
Cesiomaggiore hosted the ANA Mountain Bike Championship 2026: a day of sport, friendship and Alpine spirit in the heart of the Belluno area. Discover the results, highlights and best photos from the event.
In Romania, the “Julia” Alpine Brigade trained alongside foreign units in patrol, climbing, navigation and rescue exercises. Training that highlights the relevance of mountain troops today, beyond the final ranking. The participation of the Italian Army’s Alpine Troops in Carpathians Patrol 2026 came to an end in Romania on 11 September 2026. The international training … Read more
Fifty years after the 1976 Friuli earthquake, the region pays tribute to the Alpini with the Subsidiarity Prize in Tolmezzo and honorary citizenship of Osoppo. From the reconstruction worksites emerged a model of volunteering destined to shape the history of Civil Protection.
More than 200 First World War remnants have been neutralised at high altitude by bomb-disposal experts of the 2nd Alpine Sapper Engineer Regiment. An operation combining safety, history and the memory of the mountains.
Colonel Claudio Blardone takes command of the 7th Alpini Regiment in Belluno. The pennant of the Salce Alpini Group was also at the ceremony, a symbol of the deep bond between the regiment, the veteran Alpini and the Belluno area.
The 229th anniversary of the Italian Tricolour celebrates the birth of the national flag, adopted on 7 January 1797 by the Parliament of the Cispadane Republic in Reggio Emilia, which over time became the symbol of the unity, freedom and identity of our nation.
735 mule trips, 1,440 hours of work and 120 loads carried on men’s backs: the story of the Rifugio 7° Alpini beneath the Schiara, of the regiment it is named after, and of the day Dino Buzzati climbed to Pis Pilón for the Corriere della Sera.
On 5 and 6 September 2026 Cesiomaggiore hosts the 9th A.N.A. National Mountain Bike Championship. Two days of sport and Alpini spirit in the “Cycling Village”, with Sergio Sanvido, Silvio Rui and the nearby story of Tullio Campagnolo.
One hundred and nine years on, the Bainsizza still bears the marks of one of the hardest battles of the Great War. In August 1917 the Belluno, Pieve di Cadore, Monte Antelao and Monte Pelmo battalions of the 7th Alpini fought there too.
