Pal Piccolo

{{short description|Mountain in Italy}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Pal Piccolo | image = Kleiner Pal 1.JPG | image_caption = | elevation_m = 1866 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | location = Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy/Carinthia, Austria | range = Carnic Alps }}

The '''Pal Piccolo''' ({{langx|de|Kleiner Pal}}, {{langx|fur|Pal Piçul}}) is a mountain in the Carnic Alps, located near Plöcken Pass, on the border between the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and the Austrian state of Carinthia. It has an elevation of 1,866 metres.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sentierinatura.it/easyne2/LYT.aspx?Code=sentierinatura&IDLYT=1970&ST=SQL&SQL=ID_Documento=1524|title=Pal Piccolo (monte) Kleiner Pal|website=www.sentierinatura.it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.montagnando.it/art/mda/pal-piccolo/|title=Pal Piccolo - Kleiner Pal|first=Monica|last=DA|website=montagnando.it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://supermontifvg.com/2018/12/30/pal-piccolo-da-passo-di-monte-croce-carnico/|title=PAL PICCOLO dal PASSO DI MONTE CROCE CARNICO|date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>

Due to its position, the Pal Piccolo was heavily contested between Italy and Austria-Hungary during the First World War, from May 1915 to October 1917; the trenches and fortifications that litter the mountain to this day, along with two chapels built by the Alpini, are now part of an open-air museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.turismofvg.it/en/grandeguerra-carnia/open-air-museum-of-mt-pal-piccolo|title=Open-air Museum of Mt. Pal Piccolo|website=Turismo FVG}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://escursionifriuli.it/escursioni_a_piedi/pal-piccolo-e-freikofel/|title=Pal Piccolo e Freikofel: un itinerario della Grande Guerra • Escursioni Friuli|date=August 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seisempreingiro.it/2021/09/13/pal-piccolo/|title=Superare i propri limiti… o anche no: il Pal Piccolo e il Museo a cielo aperto della Grande Guerra - Seisempreingiro|date=September 13, 2021}}</ref>

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Category:Mountains of Friuli-Venezia Giulia Category:Mountains of Carinthia Category:Carnic Alps Category:Mountains of the Alps Category:Mountains of Italy Category:Mountains of Austria Category:Military history of Italy during World War I