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Top 10 Military Bases & Facilities in Italy, Italy
Coordinates: 43°N 12°E / 43°N 12°E / 43; 12
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1. Forte di Fenestrelle
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5.0 based on 1,012 reviews
The Fortress of Fenestrelle is the longest military fortification in Europe; nowadays thanks to Associazione San Carlo's volunteers is open to visit.
2. Base Aerea Rivolto
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5.0 based on 9 reviews
3. Forte Pramand
4. Arsenale di Venezia
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4.5 based on 967 reviews
In 1473, the Senate in Venice ordered the building of the Arsenale Nuovissino, in order to have a safe shed to store weapons and boats that would always be available in case of war.
Reviewed By 227ianc - London, United Kingdom
One of the two main venues for the Biennale the Arsenale comes alive with a huge variety of international contemporary art. In many ways the immense volumes of the former industrial buildings provide more flexible spaces for showing innovative art installations than the static pavilions in the Giardini. There are also external installations on the dockside and a free shuttle water bus taking visitors across to the other part of the Arsenale which has exhibitions related to the Biennale and Lorenzo Quinn's amazing sculptural installation 'Building Bridges'. All this of course will disappear when the Biennale closes at the end of November.
5. Fortezza Museo delle Armi Civitella del Tronto
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4.5 based on 722 reviews
The Fortress of Civitella del Tronto stands at 600 meters above sea level, in a very strategic position, at the old northern boundary between the Kingdom of Naples to the South and the Kingdom of the Holy See to the North. It is one of the largest and most important work of military engineering in Europe, characterized by its elliptical shape with an area of 25.000 square meters and a length of more than 500 meters.
Reviewed By JJglobal - West Malling, United Kingdom
If you are in Abruzzo and in the area of Civitella del Tronto, it is certainly well worth taking time to visit this imposing old fortress which dominates the top of the small town. It is massive in size and generally in good condition, enabling the visitor to gain a good impression of how it must have been to be a soldier stationed here long ago. The views are magnificent, although soldiers based here in the middle of winter must have endured a cold and bleak existence. A gem of a place to visit and, at the time of our visit at the end of May, virtually devoid of tourists. We had just arrived from Rome where such a historic site would have been swamped with tourists and the inevitable queues.
