Forte Ardietti di Ponti sul Mincio

About

Forte Ardietti was built in 1856/1861 following the siege of Peschiera del Garda in 1848 and it has been included in the territorial defence system of the AUSTRIAN QUADRANGLE. The ensemble is part of the number of forts which have been put under the protection of the piazzaforte on the lake. The manufactured, designed by the architect Michael von Maly, colonel of the Genio Militare Asburgico, is built of dry walling; it includes an octagonal structure, as a pincer re-entering fort (???); on the back a big 2 floor lobby and an inside courtyard have been extracted. Adjacent to this imposing structure the accomodation of the consignee and of the guardhouse has been built. When it ended being a war target, the fort has been used as a munitions’ deposit and then decommissioned. Owned by Austria first and then by Italy, it has been acquired by Ponti sul Mincio’s city hall in 2014 and it still in a good state of conservation.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes