Forte Dossobuono

Forte Dossobuono, named after Archduchess Gisella of Asburgo-Lorena, is a fortification located southwest of Verona. It was part of Verona's second field entrenchment system built between 1859 and 1866, during the reign of Emperor Francis Joseph. The fort was built between 1860 and 1861, under the direction of the Imperial Royal Verona Fortification Office. The fort is polygonal in shape, following the Neo-Teutonic school of fortification. It has a central redoubt and extensive internal security measures, an arrangement akin to a walk-in safe.

Strategically located on the road to Mantua, it forced an about-face with its artillery, even on the reverse side towards Santa Lucia. The fort was part of a larger defense system in the region and covered the fire with its artillery against the railway coming from Mantua and the one coming from Milan. It also cross-fired its artillery with the fortified auxiliaries of Lugagnano and Azzano. The fort had a powerful combat effect on the surrounding open plain up to almost the foot of the Morenic hill of Sona and Sommacampagna. It opposed the operations coming from the plain of Villafranca from the middle Mincio.

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