Hi @ErmesT ,
Such a beautiful place with such sad name and story! Thanks for participating the 5-week challenge: Tell us about a travel experience with a very informative post.
I like to think that we need to know and remember the past, even its dark pages, in order to build a future of peace. I am glad this place is now covered with precious flowers which communicate harmony.
Hi @ErmesT ,
The title and the first photo perfectly match as you mentioned 
The energy of the place is perceived with the sculptures, the aesthetics… Despite this, it was good to visit it, shared with us and learn from what happened.
Hugs from the South of Spain,
Alejandra.
I too wish everything will be fine this year, @ErmesT I am also thinking of visiting some of my favorite places in India this year if everything goes well.
Thanks for your words, @Giu_DiB
How not to agree with you. Remembering the past and working for a better future are two things that have to walk together.
This place with a so sad name is peaceful and beautiful, green, with long alleys in the middle of the woods, and a pathway to reach the Piave river. All the area, as I said to @LuigiZ , is beautiful, with the Montello hills in one side, and the pre-Alps in the other, covered by prosecco’s vineyards.
But all the names of the villages contains something that immediately remind everyone of the war.
In 2018 we visited a winery on the area, with a tunnel under the farm, now used as a huge wine cellar. The tunnel was built during WW1, to reach the trenches along the front line.
Everything evolves
Dear @ErmesT ,
vielen Dank für diesen so wichtigen Beitrag.
Der 1. Weltkrieg scheint durch den grauenhaften 2. Weltkrieg immer etwas in der Wahrnehmung überlagert zu sein.
Eigentlich wurde mir die Tragödie des 1. Weltkriegs erst richtig bewusst, als wir beim zweiten European Meetup im Juni 2019 in Belgien mit vielen Local Guides aus ganz Europa zusammen den Friedhof https://goo.gl/maps/AnJF1YGJsKuDbdxS6 besucht haben, nachdem wir zuvor in Yper im Museum zum 1. Weltkreig waren.
Toll, dass wir genau durch Localguidesconnect so gut zusammen unsere Geschichte entdecken können.
You are right @ErmesT , “unfortunately” our Veneto witnessed all the atrocities during the First World War ! And it often happens that during excavations or a simple mushroom picking you do not come across some historical relics of these events (see the famous “Bomba day” or some finding of helmets, bayonets or other equipment of the two armies involved.
Regarding “Isle of the Death” I personally find all these testimonies to be truly commendable to honor those who fought to defend their ideals and freedom!
Bye,
David
I definitely know what you mean, @TorM .
In my area there are War Cemetery everywhere, all for the soldiers of the WW1, also know here as The War of Piave River.
Most of the Italian soldiers without a name are resting here and here, while here there is the British war cemetery (I wrote a post about that) while here is one of the many Austro-Hungarian cemetery.
As I said already “in a war, nobody wins - we are all losers”
The name of the this place is so intriguing indeed @ErmesT … and it’s a melange of emotions to be here, considering the lost of life that happened. I love how poetic it sounds, thanks to you…
Love the photos and the story @ErmesT this part got me really good “sle of the Dead is the place that, after the final battle, was covered “by the corpses of the soldiers, carried downstream by the current [of the river]” (Song: La guerra di Piero)” 
Sorry for being so late in responding, @davidhyno , @indahnuria , @Erna_LaBeau , busy with the launch of Accessible Life, in which I would like to include also this historical site and beautiful park.
The area of Piave River was the stage of the terrible “Battle of Solstice” that marked, in Italy, the end of WW1. The abbey we visited together during the wine meet-up was destroyed during the war, but the whole area is an open-air museum. My grandfather lived 20 km downstream, not far from the Piave river, and I myself found bayonets, ammunition, and even a drum pistol, in the 1960s.
In the area there are cemeteries of fallen soldiers, of all nations. I find it sad that the only one who had the courage to put photos and a review at the Austro-Hungarian cemetery is me.
Thanks @indahnuria , yes, I’ve tried to couple the emotion of being in this place with my photos. Reading your reply, maybe i was able to reach my scope.
@Erna_LaBeau , I’ve found the words of Fabrizio de Andrè (Wikipedia) perfect for this place.
La Guerra di Piero
Il pescatore
(fun fact: I was I was present at the concert when this song was recorded)
