Forte Ardietti

Strong Ardietti is one of the Austro-Hungarian forts that were part of the Quadrilateral, until not long ago was employed by the army as a munitions depot, is then passed to the common property of Ponti sul Mincio and run by a group of volunteers who have worked to clean it up by plants and weeds, as well as fix in general the structure to make it available for sightseeing and / or cultural. Strong Ardietti was built in two stages because of the battle of 1859, was begun in 1856 and revived in about 186 with his first works were completed earthworks and the northern part of the building or the gorge, with the resumption of the fort was completed, the entire building is distributed on different levels due to the steep terrain. When he was running, strong Ardietti housed cannons eleven o’clock twelve howitzers, two mortars, more than six hundred soldiers.
To visit the fort you must contact the City of Ponti sul Mincio