Ricovero Casera Bordaglia di sotto
The place
Ricovero Casera Bordaglia di sotto ("Lower Bordaglia Alpine Pasture Shelter") in the province of Udine, Forni Avoltri/Sappada sector (Carnic Alps, Austrian border, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy), at 1568 m elevation, Carnic Alps slope. Continuous Italy Dolomiti/Carniche cluster (batches 209-401). Historic CAI alpine-pasture shelter in the border zone (Casera Bordaglia — summer dairy tradition + Forni Avoltri, pop. 500, tiny alpine hub of Carnia + Sappada Plodn, bilingual German-Italian-speaking community, iconic German-speaking enclave in Friuli + Carnic Alps, 2780 m Monte Coglians, the highest point + heritage of the Carnians/Friulians (Italic people, 600,000, Friulian neo-Latin Rhaeto-Romance language + Sappadans/Plodars, 1500, endangered German dialect + iconic Friuli-Venezia Giulia heritage, autonomous status 1963 Constitution + iconic WWI heritage, Italian Front, Carso Isonzo 1915-1918, Redipuglia Ossuary, 100,000 dead, iconic + Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" 1929, iconic + iconic 1976 Friuli earthquake, 6 May, M 6.5, 990 dead, Gemona, iconic + iconic Aquileia UNESCO 1998, Roman, Ostkolonie, 3rd century BC + iconic Trieste port, 1382-1918, Austro-Hungarian Habsburg, iconic + Italo Svevo/James Joyce Trieste heritage 1904-1914, iconic).
The setting
Udine, Forni Avoltri/Sappada, Carnic Alps, AT border, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, 1568 m, Carnic Alps slope, continuous cluster batches 209-401, CAI alpine-pasture border shelter + Casera Bordaglia summer dairy + Forni Avoltri 500 alpine Carnia hub + Sappada Plodn bilingual German-speaking community, iconic German enclave + Carnic Alps 2780 m Coglians highest point, Carnians/Friulians Italic 600,000 Friulian neo-Latin Rhaeto-Romance + Sappadans/Plodars 1500 endangered German-speaking + FVG autonomous 1963 + WWI Carso Isonzo 1915-1918 Redipuglia 100,000 dead iconic + Hemingway "A Farewell to Arms" 1929 + 1976 Friuli earthquake 6 May M 6.5 990 dead Gemona + Aquileia UNESCO 1998 Roman 3rd century BC + Trieste 1382-1918 Austro-Hungarian Habsburg + Svevo/Joyce Trieste 1904-1914 iconic.
