Forcella

Monte Vernale, repeating from here as from Canazei its curious resemblance to the Marmolata, lurks close under the Southward wall of its huge neighbour, being divided from it by only a little green slope considerably higher than the Fedaja pass, which Clementi points out as the Forcella Contrin (9,052 feet), and which is also known as the Forcella di Val Ombretta, and as the Passo di Val Fredda.

Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys 1873

The ascent is taken from a pass called the Forcella Piccola which divides the mass of the Marmarole from that of the Antelao, and is most quickly reached from San Vito.

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The poor fool is in love, so naturally he hops a plane to Naples and hastens to the Forcella neighborhood that her family holds in its iron grip.

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His first visit is to the Chiaja, the favourite promenade of the aristocracy and of foreigners; his second to the Toledo, the street of shops and loungers; his third to the Forcella, frequented by lawyers and their clients.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 Various

The three streets are, the Chiaja, the Toledo, and the Forcella; the five hundred others are nameless -- a labyrinth of houses, which might be compared to that of Crete, deducting the Minotaur, and adding the Lazzaroni.

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It corresponds in position to the Forcella Staulanza over which we have just come from the foot of the Civita in Val di Zoldo.

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The journey to-day is a long one, and it will be necessary to let the mules rest again by and by; so we presently go on again, and at about midday reach the top of the pass, which is called by some the Passo di Pallafavera, and by others the Forcella Staulanza.

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From the Forcella Staulanza, the Monte Rochetta of Val d'Ampezzo, and the jagged ridge of the Bec di Mezzodi, are visible above the slopes of the Forcella Forada.

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The path leading over the low ridge just opposite, is the Forcella Forada (6,896 feet) leading direct to San Vito at the foot of the Antelao in the Val d'Ampezzo.

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A tiny glimpse of the Rosengarten is also seen in the gap above the Forcella di Contrin.

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