30 - Cherle Loop
Hiking trail • Alpe Cimbra Folgaria Lavarone Luserna
30 - Cherle Loop
The Cherle hill, between the upper Val d'Astico and the Fiorentini plateau, is known for the homonymous Austro-Hungarian fortress that occupies its summit and of which only ruins remain today. Although damaged by scrappers and the metal extraction carried out with mines in 1936, the Fort - which the Austro-Hungarians called Werk Sebastiano - still stands in all its extension and grandeur. Around it stretch wide pastures and a lush forest of red firs.
The beauty of this route lies in the destination, Forte Cherle, from the top of which there is a wide panorama over the eastern part of Alpe Cimbra, over Mount Cornetto and Bècco di Filadonna. It is also in the characteristic village of Tézzeli, the Venetian sawmill of Mein, the area of San Fermo (the disappeared village) and the remains of the Great War (1914-1918) that can be visited around the Fort: the famous Scala dell'Imperatore, the former military cemetery and the remains of the military hospital of Val Fredda.
