The Coglians, Pal Piccolo, Freikofel and Pal Grande peaks surround the Upper But valley and, observing their ruggedness, we can understand, with our senses and feelings, the tragedy of the Great War in the trenches. The large grazing terraces holding the local Alpine farms present, in contrast, a sweet view ornamented by the great yellow gentian, the arnica, the bluebottle, and studded by several blueberries.
On the path connecting Pramosio and Malpasso, you can find the headstone dedicated to the Carnic carrier Maria Plozner Mentil, who died during World War I while delivering ammunitions to front-line units. Her story, and that of all Carnic women carriers, was gradually forgotten until 1997, when ...
The Alpine farm lies on the northern sides of Monte Terzo and allows sweeping the horizon from the Coglians group to the Passo di Monte Croce Carnico, from the Pal Piccolo to the Pal Grande. Here you can admire the open-air museum of the Pal Piccolo, one of the main war theatres of the Carnia area ...
At the Zoufplan lakes outcrops of effusive volcanic rocks can easily be spotted. On Monte Zoupflan the regional Civil Defence service built a "football"-shaped building housing a weather radar and the equipment needed to detect seismic movements. In Cercivento, before taking the road leading to the ...
Along the way you find some ancient inscriptions attesting the existence of the road (misnamed as “Via Julia Augusta”) that connected Aquileia with the Noricum through Passo di Monte Croce Carnico. Near the crossing place, on the Austrian side, the WWI emplacements have been recovered and an ...