Italy, lazio: a mountain of history, bunker soratte

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ITALY, LAZIO: A MOUNTAIN OF HISTORY,
BUNKER SORATTE
| Visits We are used to walking the mountains from above, but sometimes we can also discover them from the inside. And in this case it is not a question of caves, caverns, sinkholes and other natural ravines, but of areal bunker , 40 kilometers north of Rome, dug into the tormented limestone of Monte Soratte Builtin at the behest of Mussolini under the direction of the Military Engineers, it should have served as an air raid shelter for the highest offices of the government and the Royal Army in the event of an attack on the capital, and still today represents an imposing underground engineering work war with its 4.5 kilometers of tunnels built on the initially planned.
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During the war it also served as a refuge for the Nazi troops of Field Marshal Kesselring, who installed the Supreme
Southern Command therein, and on 12 May 1944 withstood a massive bombardment by two flocks of allied B-17
Flying Fortresses with limited damage. Finally, during the Cold War, four tunnels were secretly refurbished under the aegis of NATO to be transformed into a nuclear shelter for the President of the Republic and the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in the event of a nuclear conflict.
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Today, thanks to the Free Santorestese Cultural Association Bunker Soratte (tel. 380 3838102), it is possible to visit the galleries and a collection of military memorabilia and vehicles, walking through a sort of widespread museum that tells how history passed in the depths of this mountain.
The Monte Soratte tunnels are located in Sant'Oreste and can be reached from the Ponzano-Soratte motorway exit of the A motorway. Guided tours, lasting about an hour and a half, are by reservation only on public opening days and in the two shifts of 10.30 and 15.30. The nearest parking areas for campers are those of Civita Castellana (16 km),
Mazzano Romano (17 km, Montopoli in Sabina (26 km) and Farfa (35 km).
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