Mount Ortigara () is one of the peaks, about tall, which delimit to the north the Seven Municipalities Plateau (in Italian: ''Altipiano dei Sette Comuni''), falling sheer on the underlying Sugana Valley with a jump of over . With the neighbouring mountains, it forms an imposing ridge easily accessible from the Asiago Plateau, but only reachable through steep paths from the Sugana Valley. In

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, it became the theatre of fierce fighting (which became known as the

Battle of Mount Ortigara The Battle of Mount Ortigara was fought from 10 to 25 June 1917 between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies for possession of Mount Ortigara, in the Asiago Plateau. Battle The attack began on 10 June and after fierce and bloody fighting, ...

) between Italians and Austro-Hungarians, both of whom fell by the thousand trying to conquer its summit.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ortigara, Monte Mountains of Veneto Vicentine Alps Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Italy