Monc de Pèsc – Mountains of Peace in the trenches

Over one hundred and twenty thousand visitors, thousands of original pieces exhibited in five sections with various period environmental reconstructions and dozens of reports on Italian and international media. Ten years after its debut, “1914-1918 – La Gran Vera – The Great War: Galicia-Dolomites”, a successful temporary exhibition that has become permanent, is at the center of “Monc de Pèsc – Mountains of Peace“, The 22 and 23 June in Moena. Two days that the Ladin Cultural Institute “Majon di Fascegn” with the Association “On the front of memories” and the Municipality of Moena have conceived, when the war shakes the heart of Europe and Palestine, to support peace with conviction , making a constructive memory of the terrible conflict experienced, 110 years ago, also in Val di Fassa.

In the two days in Moena at the end of June, between the town squares and in the Fango area (on the road that leads to Passo San Pellegrino), one will be proposed extraordinary reconstruction of daily military lifein the front line and in the rear, with one sixty historical re-enactors in uniforms of almost all the Italian, German, Austrian and Bosnian corps involved along the lines between Marmolada and Passo San Pellegrino.

“Monc de Pésc – Mountains of Peace” program on Sunday 23 June:

• 10:00 – 12:00 – in the locality of Fango (L Fanch) flag-raising ceremony followed by visits to the entrenched camp with re-enactors in historical uniform (in case of bad weather the activities in the center of Moena)
• 10.00am – 12.30pm – opening of the exhibition “1914-1918 – La Gran Vera – The Great War: Galicia-Dolomites” at the Navalge Theater in Moena
• 2.30 pm – parade, through the streets of the center of Moena, of band groups for the 170th anniversary of the municipal band, closing the procession with the re-enactors of “Monc de Pésc – Montagne di Pace”
• 4.00 pm – in Piaz de Ramon, lower the flag to the sound of “Silence”

The town of Fango can be reached by car from Moena, in the direction of Passo San Pellegrino (6 km, about 10 minutes). Limited parking on the sides of the road or at the Hotel Bucaneve. Free activity, booking is not required.