LODRINO SUPERIORE BATTERY

 

 

From the fork in the road to Fort Lodrino Inferiore, we continue along the old military road. After about ten metres, on the right side of the road we can find the ruins of a detached battery (which was originally armed with 4 cannons, separated by underground ready lockers, hidden by the thick vegetation. The people of the area, say that this small fortification exploded during the Second World War. They don’t know if it was sabotaged or bombed. These same ready lockers can no longer be accessed. Among the ruins, we can still run into a relic here and there.

Continuing along the road (which in some periods can be driven down with an off-road vehicle), after about 500 metres, we run into a steep road leading to the  Lodrino Superiore Battery. The old military road, can no longer be driven on. It can only be walked down because it has become a tight path. It still has some of the original cobblestones. Nearing the summit, we can note some containing chipped walls  , which indicate that we are nearing the fortification. It can be reached by foot in 20 minutes and was a support battery as well as being used as a look-out. Access to the inside was possible by crossing a draw bridge; now we can enter by passing the ruined wall. The edifice was armed with 4 cannons,  and had some small barracks on one floor for the guard. These (now almost completely destroyed), have windows and embrasures. Beside these we can still find the now confused traces of one of the two cannon emplacements, each with its relative  ready locker. A small hill dominates the edifice, and behind which we can still find the remains of another ready locker and relative artillery emplacements. The edifices were built using the local stones.

Lodrino Superiore Battery can be seen with Fort Settepani of the Melogno Defence. 

 

 

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