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ARCHIVIO 16 - MUSEO NELLE NUVOLE - IL MONTE RITE DI REINHOLD MESSNER

2003
Monte Rite - The Museum in the Clouds
AN IDEA THAT IS THE FULL

Twenty thousand visitors since June 1st. The structures of the Messner Mountain Museum, a little more than a year after the inauguration, presenting facts and results.

" Franz Troi My grandfather left his native town of Colle Saint Lucia as a child, barefoot, to find work. Finally arrived in New York and became a successful tanner. Back in Europe founded a family Funes, Alto Adige. Reinhold Messner.

These lines, at the beginning of the museum itinerary of Forte Rite explain. So many things, and that the structures built on the mountain at 2181 meters high, have to do with the memory and personal memory of the great mountaineer. Attention to the Dolomites and the local situation is rooted in the soul. So you have photos of farm life in the mountains, gathered by Liviana Bianchi, teacher Cibiana; models of the houses of the Dolomites, made by Giuseppe Toscani's Venas di Cadore, some images of Arnaldo Marchetti, on glass plates retouched by hand , provided by the Magnifica Comunità di Cadore.
All this exhibition wing recovered in the Fort, along with watercolors Raniero Archduke of Austria (1827-1930), to relics, objects and diaries of the leading climbers and mountaineers.

is a normal Friday, September 12, when we go to the Rite. From Fork Cibiana a jeep "shuttle", conducted by Bruno Dandrea Cortina, along the seven kilometers leading to the summit. We meet in the trail, hikers and thirty Bruno explains that it is a party of French. There are a lot of visitors, he added, especially on weekends, Saturday and Sunday. Reached their goal, the first long dwell is on the spectacle of mountains. From the above Cibiana, Sas de Mezdi and Sassolungo Cibiana, the Moiazza and Cime di San Sebastiano Passo Duran, above furnace Zoldo. To the north, with views over the Val Boite, references are Antelao Pelmo and, behind it, the Owl.
initial reception and the Dolomites hut with bar, restaurant and rooms with 33 beds. Outside, tables and even spaces to be filled for at least two hundred places, attest to the measure of attendance. From the construction of the Shelter, a former barracks, head to the summit, a meeting room used as a shop and, later, the "battery" system with concrete gun emplacements facing the Val Boite, Borca, and San Vito Cortina. The Museum is housed here Dolomites, nice projects by Ursula Demeter Electra and directed by Monico.

Electra, Tai di Cadore, confirms what we've heard from people working at the bar and restaurant, who drives the shuttle, " We are very happy. " He continues: "Since the June 1 are on twenty thousand visitors and hikers, as a general presence on Rite. We now await important visit, October 6 that the President Alpine Club of the United States, Charly Shimansky, and that of Rodney Ray of the journal Wilderness Travel. Compared to last year is now more communication with the public, more informative material who say the museum is not didactic but free. " We talk shop and Elettra in space, while excluding such war museum exhibitions, shows some setups with materials supplied by Alessandro Dal 1915-18 Chiel, San Dona di Piave, who for two years was in the fort, sergeant major, quartermaster and for a time was also found to have to be controlled. The bathrooms are next door, and elevator for disabled people are important, he says.
While we wait for the shuttle to return, in front of the hut, one of the leaders is calling us to show us the rooms on the first floor. They cost 30 to 40 euro per person with breakfast colazione.
Hanno appena cominciato, da un anno e tre mesi. Ed è tutto ben organizzato, funzionale. L’imprenditorialità non è solo un’immagine. Il recupero di Forte Rite è operazione ammirevole, che funziona perché progettata a dovere, promossa in Europa e nel mondo.

Foto Lele Taborgna dal Monte Rite (2003): bar, ristorante e tavoli all’aperto nel Rifugio Dolomites; immagini del Museo; panorami dalla sommità del forte, con strutture di cristallo nel luogo delle batterie di cannoni.

Dalla terrazza di Monte Rite, a sud: Monte Sassolungo, m 2413