Memorials


Passo Pordoi - German military cemetery

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Zone and ref. - Pordoi Pass, BL 

Structure name – Passo Pordoi, German military cemetery 

Location – Pordoi Pass, BL 

Building period - 1937 - 1959 

Building Entity – Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge 

How to reach the structure – by car, follow SS 48 up to passo Pordoi, then turn at signage on local road, near the souvenir shop. Then follow the road, park at guest point and proceed on footh path (about 300 m) 

Visit times and contact organisation – Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge 

Remarks – In the ossuary are buried 454 8582German and Austro-hungarisch soldiers, fallen during the Great War; soldiers have been here transported from various cemeteries. On various tombs, around the main structure, are buried 849 German soldiers, fallen in the Second world war. Such soldiers have been transported from various Belluno area cemeteries. The structure is also called totenburg (see Quero).