Celebration of the 25th anniversary
of the Sentinelle del Lagazuoi Cultural Association
23/07/2023
Twenty-five years ago, the open-air museum on Mount Lagazuoi, the theatre of an incredible war fought at high altitude from 1915 to 1917, was inaugurated. To mark the event, a group of friends sharing their passion for the First World War was asked to participate in the various ceremonies wearing true-to-original Italian and Austrian uniforms. The group came up with the idea of recreating a wartime situation, using reconstructed trenches, wire entanglements and barracks built by one of the last recruited units of the Alpini, and settimg up shields, telephones, lanterns, stretchers and many other items as well as two machine guns and an Italian 75 mm cannon, to show the public many aspects of the life of soldiers at the front. This was the first-ever re-enactment of the First World War. This group then founded a cultural association named Sentinelle del Lagazuoi and still organises historical re-enactments on Mount Lagazuoi and in the other Alpine areas which were the theatre of the First World War.
Twenty-five years later, on 22nd July 2023, a delegation of the Sentinelle del Lagazuoi went to the Falzarego Pass, at the foot of the Little Lagazuoi, below the Martini Ledge and in front of the Vonbank emplacements, to commemorate this remarkable day in 1998 and to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the association.
As at every re-enactment, the Sentinelle del Lagazuoi were there to tell the visitors about this war, unique in the history of humanity.
Don Alessandro Astratti, a priest and historical re-enactor, held the service in the small church at the Falzarego Pass, remembering the war dead people and praising the historical re-enactors as they convey historical knowledge.
Remo Buosi, the head of the association, sincerely thanked their supporter from the start, engineer Stefano Illing, and the Alpini of the Cengia Martini base camp, who have been tirelessly restoring trenches, tunnels and emplacements for 25 years.
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