Live webcam on the Military Shrine of Asiago

Live view of the Leiten Military Shrine in Asiago

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This webcam from Asiago.it offers an interesting view of the Military Shrine of Asiago and the wonderful landscape of leiten hill,from whose top the structure dominates the whole city.

The imposing ossuary stands at 1,058 meters above the sun and is one of the main military shrines of the Great War. Inside, in fact, are buried the remains of 54,286 Italian and Austro-Hungarianfallen, who lost their lives on the Plateau during the First WorldWar: 34,286 corpses, of which 21,491 are unknown, are of Italian soldiers, while the remaining 20,000, of which 11,762 are unnamed, are Austro-Hungarian.
The bodies come from 35 war cemeteries that were existing before it was builton the Asiago Plateau.

Inaugurated in 1938 in the presence of King Victor Emmanuel III, the Shrine of Leiten was designed by the Venetian architect Orpheus Rossatus. It consists of two main parts: the LowerVault, with a square base with a side of 80 meters, and the large Upper Triumphal Arch, 47 meters high.

Inside the Crypt, in the loculi of the large perimeter and axial galleries,are kept the remains of the known Fallen, whose names are ecided in alphabetical order on the individual loculi. The remains of unidentified soldiers, on the other hand, are collected in large common tombs in the galleries closest to the central votive chapel with an octagonal base, in which the remains of 12 soldiers decorated with the Gold Medal of Military Value areburied.

Near the entrance to the Crypt, there is the Museum of the Shrine of Asiago,where you can admire old war memorabilia,coming from what were the main battlefields of the Plateau, as well as documents,testimonies and photographs of the time. The exhibition is divided into two different thematic parts:the first is dedicated to the first two years of the war, namely 1915 and 1916; the second, on the other hand, recalls the war events of the two-year period 1917-1918.

Exiting outside the Crypt, you can access the top viaa wide staircase,35 meters wide. This will lead to the vast terrace above, in the center of which rises for 47 meters the imposing Triumphal Arch of Roman architecture that characterizes the entire structure, with votive macaw placed in the middle.

From the terrace of the Asiago Shrine you can admire the places that, during the Great War,were the scene of bloody battles. Thanks to the indicator arrows placed on the parapet of the terrace, you can easily recognize the most important peaks, namely the Pasubio,the Spitz of Tonezza, Mount Zebio,Mount Verena,the Melette of Gallium,the Sisemol, Valbella, Mount Lemerle and Mount Cengio.

From the square at the foot of the Military Shrine of the city of Asiago,you can go along the suggestive Ferraghpath, which winds east through fields and pastures of the Plateau and from which you can admire the imposing military construction walking in nature. Part of this path is also covered during the traditional Great Burning of Asiago,a journey of faith of about 33 km that every year involves the entire Population of The Highlands.

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