After the armistice, the threat of an Allied landing on the Italian coasts of Romagna, north of the Gothic Line, spread among the German Army. This danger led to a real arms race, as it would have offered free access to the heart of the Third Reich. What ensued was therefore the organization of a strong line of defence consisting of bunkers, defensive emplacements and structures like dragon’s teeth. The landing, however, never took place and it turned out to be part of a deception strategy. At the end of the war the bunkers were largely destroyed, silted or covered by sand; since then only some of them have been reused as storages or warehouses. As rejected ruins they were never perceived as cultural heritage, but nowadays they offer the opportunity to reflect on their destiny.

Dopo l’armistizio dell’8 settembre 1943, il timore di uno sbarco Alleato a nord della Linea Gotica, porta di accesso al cuore del Terzo Reich, spinse i comandi germanici a organizzare una linea fortificata costituita da bunker, postazioni di osservazione e strutture difensive minori quali, ad esempio, i denti di drago. Lo sbarco non avvenne e si rivelò solo parte di una strategia di depistaggio. Al termine della guerra, i bunker furono in parte demoliti, interrati o coperti di sabbia; da allora solo alcuni furono riutilizzati come magazzini o depositi. Vestigia scomode e ingombranti, fino ad ora rifiutate come patrimonio culturale, offrono oggi l’occasione per una riflessione sul loro destino.

C. Mariotti, A. Ugolini, A. Zampini (2018). I bunker tedeschi a difesa della Linea Galla Placidia. Conservare un patrimonio dimenticato. ARCHISTOR, 9(9), 148-193 [10.14633/AHR067].

I bunker tedeschi a difesa della Linea Galla Placidia. Conservare un patrimonio dimenticato

C. Mariotti;A. Ugolini;A. Zampini
2018

Abstract

After the armistice, the threat of an Allied landing on the Italian coasts of Romagna, north of the Gothic Line, spread among the German Army. This danger led to a real arms race, as it would have offered free access to the heart of the Third Reich. What ensued was therefore the organization of a strong line of defence consisting of bunkers, defensive emplacements and structures like dragon’s teeth. The landing, however, never took place and it turned out to be part of a deception strategy. At the end of the war the bunkers were largely destroyed, silted or covered by sand; since then only some of them have been reused as storages or warehouses. As rejected ruins they were never perceived as cultural heritage, but nowadays they offer the opportunity to reflect on their destiny.
2018
C. Mariotti, A. Ugolini, A. Zampini (2018). I bunker tedeschi a difesa della Linea Galla Placidia. Conservare un patrimonio dimenticato. ARCHISTOR, 9(9), 148-193 [10.14633/AHR067].
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