1917 – L’An de la Fan: the Year of Hunger
After Caporetto, Veneto and the Belluno area lived through a year of occupation, famine and deportations: the “An de la Fan”, the year of hunger, and the silent resistance of its people.
Lest We Forget
The Alpine Mule: from Comrade in Arms to Living Symbol of the Mountains
There is an old saying among the Alpini: “Taking the mule away from an Alpino is like tearing the feather from his hat.”
The Snow Hippo: the Ippopotamo Cannon on the Adamello
In 1916 about two hundred Alpini hauled a six-tonne 149 mm gun, nicknamed “Ippopotamo”, to over 3,200 metres on the Adamello: the story of one of the most extraordinary feats of the White War.
ARSIA – 28 February 1940
On 28 February 1940 the Arsia coal mine in Istria was the scene of Italy’s worst mining disaster, with 185 dead, including two miners from the province of Belluno.
