Forte Motto Bartola Barracks

Forte Motto Bartola Barracks is a barracks in Airolo, Leventina District, Ticino and has an elevation of 1,527 metres. Forte Motto Bartola Barracks is situated nearby to the military installation 12cm Fest Mw 59, as well as near 10,5cm PzT ´39,L52.

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Type: Barracks
Description: cultural property
Also known as: “Caserma Forte Motto Bartola” and “Motto Bartola”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forte Airolo and Airolo railway station.

Forte Airolo

Bunker

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Forte Airolo is a bunker, which is situated 610 metres south of Forte Motto Bartola Barracks.

Airolo railway station

Railway station

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Airolo railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Airolo. The station is on the original line of the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, at the southern entrance to the Gotthard Tunnel. Airolo railway station is situated 1½ km southeast of Forte Motto Bartola Barracks.

Parish Church of Saints Nazario and Celso

Church

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Parish Church of Saints Nazario and Celso is situated 1½ km east of Forte Motto Bartola Barracks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fontana and Swiss Alps.

Fontana

Hamlet

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Fontana is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Forte Motto Bartola Barracks.

Swiss Alps

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The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.