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Coordinates: 42°25′56″N 13°06′36″E / 42.4323°N 13.11001°E / 42.4323; 13.11001
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Mount Giano
Mount Cotischio
Monte Giano seen from Piana di San Vittorino near Cittaducale
Highest point
Elevation1,820.3 m (5,972 ft)
Prominence460 m (1,510 ft)
Coordinates42°25′56″N 13°06′36″E / 42.4323°N 13.11001°E / 42.4323; 13.11001
Geography
Mount Giano is located in Italy
Mount Giano
Mount Giano
Country ITA
Region Lazio
Province Rieti
Parent rangeCicolano Mountains, Abruzzo Apennines


Mount Giano (formerly known as Mount Cotischio[1]) is a mountain in the central Abruzzo Apennines, 1,820 m above sea level. Located on the border between Lazio and Abruzzo, along the Apennine Drainage divide, it belongs to the Cicolano Mountains subgroup.

Description[edit]

It is located in the province of Rieti northeast of Antrodoco and dominates, with a prominence of about 1,300 m, the lower part of the Velino Gorge that separates it from the Terminillo massif to the west, with the Monte Nuria mountain group to the south and the Monte Calvo mountain group to the east representing its natural geomorphological continuation; to the north, it connects directly to the Monti Reatini, while to the northeast it looks toward the Cascina Plain and the Monti dell'Alto Aterno.

The central peak reaches 1,820 meters, but other peaks, including Croce di Monte Giano (1,779.3 m), exceed 1,700 meters. Between these is the Mount Giano Meadows [2]plateau.

On the mountain's slopes are the typical essences of the Mediterranean scrub: downy oaks, oaks, and maples, reaching up to 1,200/1,300 meters. Above 1,300 meters, Beech trees begin to be found, which reach up to about 1,700 meters on the western slope.

At the southern end of Mount Giano, in the narrow space between it and the adjacent Mount Serrone (1,044 m), are the gorges of Antrodoco (a narrow, wild incision in the rock, about 1.5 km long), which are an obligatory crossing point for communications between Rieti and L'Aquila. For this reason, the Strada Statale 17 and the Terni-L'Aquila railway climb Mount Giano, which can thus reach the Sella di Corno pass from the Velino valley.

Because of their strategic location, and the ease with which they allowed ambushes to be set up, the Antrodoco Gorges have been the scene of several military events over the centuries: among them, the defeat of the French army in 1799 and the resurgent Battle of Rieti in 1821[3].

The "DUX" pine forest[edit]

The "DUX" Pine Forest
Snowy Mount Giano

On its western slope, the mountain owes some notoriety to the presence of a pine forest that forms the inscription "DVX" (duce, from Latin dux, ducis). The inscription dominates the Velino valley and is visible from several kilometers away, approaching Antrodoco on the Via Salaria; on days with little mist, especially when the mountain is snow-covered, the inscription is visible even from the city of Rome[4][5][6].

The pine forest covers about eight hectares and consists of about 20,000 pine trees; it was intended to defend the town of Antrodoco from landslides caused by heavy winter[7] rains, which had repeatedly caused death and devastation[8] and constituted a tribute to Benito Mussolini. It was built in 1939 (during the Fascist period) by the Cittaducale Forest Guard Cadet School, with the contribution of many local youths, through the reforestation of an originally desolate[9] limestone coastline.

From the postwar period onward, the erasure of the inscription has been repeatedly called for, opposed instead by those who consider it an integral part of the landscape and history of the village, as well as by those nostalgic for Italian fascism. In the 1950s, new reforestation was carried out, whereby the rectangle below the word DUX[10] was created to make the inscription less obvious. Abandonment of the forest over the years gradually made the inscription less recognizable.

Because of their strategic location, and the ease with which they allowed ambushes to be set up, the Antrodoco Gorges have been the scene of several military events over the centuries: among them, the defeat of the French army in 1799 and the resurgent Battle of Rieti in 1821[10].

Due to new landslides and rock fall in 1995, the Lazio region (Badaloni junta) approved work to restore the pine[11] forest, financed in 1998 and executed in the summer of 2004. [12] On August 24, 2017, the pine forest was severely damaged by a fire[13] of guilty[14] or possibly arson[15]origin. In February 2018, CasaPound volunteers planted 1,000 pine trees on Mount Janus to restore the sign[16]. The operation was deemed unnecessary by local community members because of the wrong timing[17].



See also[edit]

  1. ^ Palmegiani, Francesco (1932). Rieti e la regione Sabina. Storia, arte, vita, usi e costumi del secolare popolo Sabino (in Italian). edizioni della rivista Latina Gens. p. 439.
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  3. ^ Touring Club Italiano, Guida rossa d'Italia - Lazio (in Italian) (4th ed.). Milan. 1981. p. 476.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Roma: neve sul monte Giano, riappare la scritta «DUX»". Corriere della Sera. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Roma, appare la scritta Dvx sul Monte Giano". Libero. 6 January 2017. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Roma, tra i monti innevati riappare la gigantesca scritta DUX". Il Messaggero. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  7. ^ Aquila. "Le fiamme cancellano la scritta Dux, il sindaco di Antrodoco: "Servono più uomini e mezzi. Ora paese a rischio idrogeologico"". Rieti Life (in Italian). {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)
  8. ^ "La tragica alluvione di Antrodoco del 1862". Sito istituzionale del comune di Antrodoco. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  9. ^ "La scritta Dux sul Monte Giano ad Antrodoco". foroitalico.altervista.org.
  10. ^ Touring Club Italiano, Guida rossa d'Italia - Lazio (in Italian) (4th ed.). Milan. 1981. p. 476.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  11. ^ Risposta del ministro agli affari regionali Agazio Loiero (18 May 2000), in "Risposte scritte ad interrogazioni pervenute dal 25 al 31 maggio 2000, fascicolo 162" (PDF). 1996–2001. p. 11076 (22 from PDF).
  12. ^ "LAZIO: VERRA' RESTAURATA LA 'SCRITTA DUX' DEL BOSCO ANTRODOCO". Adnkronos. 30 January 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Distrutta la scritta dvx". 25 August 2017.
  14. ^ Alessandra Lancia (25 August 2017). "Rieti, Dux in fiamme, la rabbia del sindaco Guerrieri La procura valuta ipotesi di inchiesta per un possibile incendio doloso". Il Messaggero. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  15. ^ Alessandra Lancia (25 August 2017). "Rieti, Dux in fiamme, la rabbia del sindaco Guerrieri La procura valuta ipotesi di inchiesta per un possibile incendio doloso". Il Messaggero. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  16. ^ "CasaPound «ripara» la scritta "Dux" bruciata dall'incendio sul monte Giano". Corriere della Sera. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  17. ^ "CasaPound «ripara» la scritta "Dux" bruciata dall'incendio sul monte Giano". Corriere della Sera. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Carta CAI - Gruppi di Monte Calvo-Monte Giano-Monte Nuria e Monti dell'Alto Aterno - Camera di Commercio dell'Aquila

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