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A lantern found at the cave barracks on Mount Scorluzzo, Lombardy. Photograph: Stelvio National Park A lantern found at the cave barracks on Mount Scorluzzo, Lombardy. Photograph: Stelvio National Park Accelerating retreat of glaciers in Lombardy and Trentino Alto-Aldige reveals preserved history of ‘White War’ Tue 4 May 2021 02.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 4 May 2021 03.46 EDT The soldiers dug the wooden barracks into a cave on the top of Mount Scorluzzo, a 3,095-metre (10154ft) peak overlooking the Stelvio pass. For the next three-and-a-half years, the cramped, humid space was home to ab...

The White War, which ended in November 1918, took place between Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy Wooden barracks belonging to Austro-Hungarian troops on Mount Scorluzzo were locked up after conflict Researchers entered the 9,000ft-high den for the first time in 2015 after ice encasing it melted Artefacts they found are set to be preserved in a new museum opening in Lombardy town of Bormio in 2022