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1 Salettuol - The gravel bed of the Piave -
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2 Papadopoli island - the meadows and the road spanning in length -
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3 Papadopoli island - The Italian toponym is Grave di Papadopoli -
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4 Papadopoli island - War relics and the commerating headstone -
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5 Tezze di Piave - commerating monument outside British Cemetery -
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6 Tezze di Piave - pic of preparatory works for the British Cemetery -
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7 Tezze di Piave - British Cemetery -
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8 Borgo Malanotte - entering the hamlet -
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9 Borgo Malanotte - totem with picture of the Austrian bunker -
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10 Borgo Malanotte - view of the village -
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11 Borgo Malanotte – its buildings
No travel itinerary anticipated this photo reportage, that aims to be a
simple collection of photos taken last August, cycling freely nearby some
villages along the middle course of the Piave. This shows you the places from
where the World War I Bridges project has started, before becoming bigger and
richer thanks to the new contributes. You see the river from the Salettuol road
bridge, the typical summer vegetation covering the river's gravel bed, the
Papadopoli Island (the crossing point of the Piave line for the British and the
Italian armies during the final battle of Vittorio Veneto in october-november
1918), the hamlets of Tezze di Piave with the British Cemetery and the one of Borgo
Malanotte (just beside Tezze) that turned into a relevant position for the
Austro-Hungarian logistics operations and radio transmissions after Caporetto
and was famous for its bunker. In the Cemetery of Tezze we count 356 burials.
Many of those deaths were caused by drowning while passing the Piave.
