{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}
{{coord|46|00|36|N|11|31|19|E|source:frwiki_region:IT_type:mountain|display=title}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Ortigara | image = Monte Ortigara.JPG | image_caption = Summit of Mount Ortigara | elevation_m = 2,105 | elevation_ref = | prominence = | location = North-east Italy | range = Vicentine Alps | coordinates = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Through the Asiago Plateau }}
'''Mount Ortigara''' ({{convert|2,105|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}}) is one of the peaks, about {{convert|2,000|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall, which delimit to the north the Seven Municipalities Plateau (in Italian: ''Altipiano dei Sette Comuni''), falling sheer on the underlying Sugana Valley with a jump of over {{convert|1,500|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}}. With the neighbouring mountains, it forms an imposing ridge easily accessible from the Asiago Plateau, but only reachable through steep paths from the Sugana Valley.
In World War I, it became the theatre of fierce fighting (which became known as the Battle of Mount Ortigara) between Italians and Austro-Hungarians, both of whom fell by the thousand trying to conquer its summit.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Battle of Ortigara |url=https://www.turismofvg.it/en/108730/the-battle-of-ortigara |website=Turismo FVG |accessdate=9 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ortigara, Monte}} Category:Mountains of Veneto Category:Vicentine Alps Category:Mountains of the Alps Category:Mountains of Italy