Lunetta a fuochi di rovescio dall’alto, Saliente della Lunetta e Casamatta del Saliente

These buildings, placed at the base of the advance tower of the Lunette, have the function of breaking the mountain and threatening the road. To defend them, the Redan and Fossi ditches were built, cutting into the rock face with the aid of explosives and pickaxes, and chiselling the stone following the veins in the rock.

They are protected by casemates that make the complex of the upper part of the Rocca d’Anfo essentially impregnable.

The Lunetta was connected to the Eridio (the ancient name of Lake Idro), before the Italian military built the present mule track, by means of temporary wooden steps and ramps that needed constant maintenance. Access was then gained to a small harbour where the rafts that the soldiers used to guard the lake were moored.