Grande Guerra e il Fiume Piave

Vidor was the first town in the area to see the arrival of the Austro-Hungarian army in November 1917. It was here, to slow down the enemy's advance and cover the retreat of our forces after Caporetto, that the Italian command decided to “sacrifice” the bridge over the Piave. Vidor was the backdrop to one of the most violent battles of the Great War: on November 10, 1917, when Prussian troops, wearing Italian uniforms, launched a fierce attack killing more than three hundred men and setting the town ablaze. In addition to the shrine of the Castle – near which traces of the trenches remain – the military observation point at the top of Mont Marcon is interesting, from which one can enjoy a breathtaking panorama of Mount Grappa and the Piave River; a river that has always played a key role, just think of the ferry crossing that for centuries represented the convergence point of traffic between the right and left banks, until the wooden bridge was opened (1871). The iron ring - scìona in dialect - embedded in the rock of the riverbed, and used for mooring boats, is a testimony to this.