Montese: Vibro-Bloc S.p.A.
Montese combines the rural character of an Apennine town with a working industrial presence in a way that reflects its position in the northern Apennines of Emilia-Romagna. Vibro-Bloc S.p.A. is part of a local manufacturing landscape where production yards and practical commercial buildings stand alongside low-rise housing and cultivated land. The municipality spreads across wooded, undulating terrain in the Modena Apennines, rather than the Po Valley plain farther north. Montese is also remembered for the Battle of Montese in April 1945, an important episode of the final Allied offensive through the Italian Apennines.
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Montese combines an Apennine hill-town setting with a weighty Second World War legacy in a way that reflects its position in the Upper Modenese Apennines. The town lies within Emilia-Romagna’s northern Apennine range, an upland region of woods, pastures and scattered settlements rather than the cities of the Po Valley. In April 1945, fighting at Montese formed part of the final Allied offensive against the German defensive system known as the Gothic Line; the U.S. 10th Mountain Division was among the forces involved. The Museo Storico di Montese documents this period and its impact on the local community. Browse additional webcams from the Modenese Apennines to extend your view of Emilia-Romagna.
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