A Cold War secret bunker in San Michele al Taglimento (Veneto, Italy)... on a hot summer day
It's June. It's hot and no one would think of entering an Italian bunker of the Cold War. All around San Michele al Tagliamento, a small town on the Venetian coast, beaches are in fact already teeming with tourists lying in the sun. Instead I am visiting the womb of the earth because hidden down the village of San Michele al Tagliamento there are a series of bunkers from the First and Second World War which were refurbished and used also during the Cold War. No one would ever think that an isolated village like San Michele al Tagliamento was fundamental during the World Wars and the Cold War. Bunker underground command room Bunker turret Gun turret to sight targets Bunker access: hatch accessing the underground stairs SAN MICHELE AL TAGLIAMENTO: THE CASSINO OF THE NORTH IN THE II WORLD WAR This tiny Italian municipality home to 11.000 people had a strategic position during the Second World War: San Michele al Tagliamento was called "the Cassino of the North". Cassi