Passare le Alpi

A journey through history, archaeology, and landscape exploring the ancient routes that connected the Venetian plain to Central Europe.In the heart of the Dolomites, between Cadore and Comelico, a road network of fundamental strategic and commercial importance wound its way during the Roman era, designed to cross the Alpine barriers via the Monte Croce Pass. Eighty years after the pioneering studies by Alessio De Bon, this volume by Jacopo Turchetto offers a renewed and rigorous reading of ancient roadways.   Combining the systematic analysis of historical and modern cartography, the study of archaeological data, and "territorial markers" (from traces of transhumance to popular devotion), the author guides us step by step—literally—along the route that climbs from Perarolo towards the northern passes. A rigorous investigation conducted "in the field" that restores three-dimensionality to a transitional landscape, revealing how the mountain was never an insurmountable barrier, but rather a crossroads of relationships, cultures, and markets.