Posina
Posina è un piccolo comune di montagna nell'alto vicentino, adagiato nell'omonima valle tra le Prealpi Vicentine, ai piedi del mas...
更新于 12 七月 2026
故事
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In the upper Val Posina
Posina occupies the upper part of the valley bearing its name, carved by the Posina stream among the Vicenza Prealps, in mountain territory bordering the Pasubio area and the upper Vicenza zone of Arsiero and Tonezza del Cimone. The landscape is typical of the limestone prealps: steep slopes covered with beech and fir woods, high-altitude pastures and a narrow valley floor along which the village and its hamlets have developed. It is a side valley compared to the great Dolomite routes, less well known but of great scenic value, crossed by a stream that over the centuries has deeply carved the territory, also creating a few waterfalls along its course.
The Strafexpedition and the 1916 occupation
The most dramatic chapter in the history of Posina is linked to the First World War and in particular to the Strafexpedition, the great Austro-Hungarian offensive launched in May 1916 from the Folgaria and Lavarone plateau towards the Vicenza plain. In the advance that followed, Austro-Hungarian troops conquered Posina along with the nearby centres of Laghi, Arsiero, Tonezza del Cimone and the whole Val d'Astico, reaching as far as the area between Velo d'Astico and Cogollo del Cengio before the offensive halted. It was an occupation that brought destruction and the displacement of the civilian population, an episode of forced exile that the community of Posina still remembers today as one of the harshest chapters of its history.
In the shadow of the Pasubio
The territory of Posina borders the Pasubio massif, one of the symbolic mountains of the Italian First World War, the scene of extremely harsh fighting throughout the conflict and home to the famous Strada delle 52 Gallerie, built between 1917 and 1918 to ensure supplies and communications sheltered from enemy artillery fire. The Zona Sacra del Pasubio, declared a national monument in 1922 and marked by boundary stones commemorating the units that distinguished themselves there, can also be reached via trails starting from the Val Posina. This context makes the area an important reference point for those dedicated to First World War memory in the Vicenza Prealps.
Streams, waterfalls and trails
Beyond its wartime memory, Posina offers a natural heritage made of woods, streams and a few waterfalls that form along the course of the Posina stream and its tributaries, destinations for simple walks suitable even for families. The trail network developed across the municipal territory connects the valley floor to the wooded slopes and high-altitude mountain huts, offering hikes of varying difficulty, from short walks near the village to more demanding routes climbing towards the Pasubio ridges. It is a mountain suited to slow tourism, made of walking and discovering the territory rather than large facilities or organised attractions.
A mountain village that lives on memory
Like many municipalities in the upper Vicenza area, Posina suffered mountain depopulation over the course of the 20th century, with the population progressively concentrating in the main village and a few key hamlets. It should be said honestly: this is not a municipality with a wide range of structured tourist offerings, but a village that lives on mountains, subsistence farming and, above all, on its own history. The memory of the First World War remains the strongest identity marker, passed down through memorial stones, small local museums and the testimony of a community that knows how to proudly recount what it lived through and rebuilt.
Experiences not to miss
- Follow the trails climbing from the Val Posina towards the Pasubio massif
- Look for memorial stones and traces of the Strafexpedition and the 1916 occupation
- Reach the waterfalls along the Posina stream
- Walk through the beech and fir woods of the Vicenza Prealps
- Visit the Zona Sacra del Pasubio starting from the valley trails
路径 · Trovido Route
