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Between words of imprisonment, ancient houses still alive and that typical eloquent silence that mountains sometimes possess. Roberto Todero tells us about the peak of Hermada, a heritage of stories of men like many others, whose destiny has passed through these parts. Returning here is particularly significant because this is the last defensive line in front of Trieste: that line that the Italian army never reaches. Everything that is touched and scrutinized in its meanders is exactly as the Austrian army had experienced it, while abandoning it to pursue the Italian armies after the defeat of Caporetto. Even today, when you lean along one of its trenches, through some of its loopholes, then the observer can be aware of having the same gaze as a soldier from a hundred years ago. Because Mount Hermada, even today, for young and old, is one of the most tangible signs of the perennial relevance of the Great War, despite the work of nature and the time that has passed…