Batteria Rolando

This battery constitutes, together with Tyrol and Belvedere Battery, the defensive line towards Tyrol. These buildings cannot be considered separately from a military point of view, as they have a main role in sighting and, at the same time, defending the territory.

The Rolando Battery is part of the large French renovation project, which was never actually completed. In 1814, it consisted of a small casemate and a small battery for the positioning of two cannons for the defence of the areas near the fort.

In 1884, after years of neglect, it underwent a major remodelling together with the entire fortress and a re-modernisation of the armaments sector, due to the historical events in the Valle Sabbia territory.

Inside are the men’s shelters, the officers’ quarters, the kitchen, the food storehouses, the reserves, the rooms for loading bullets, the rooms for packing charges and the latrines.