Forte della Chiusa - Straßensperre Chiusa

The Fort of the Klausen was a fortification built by the army of the Austrian Empire between 1849 and 1851 as a barrage on the passage through the narrows of the Adige River in the Ceraino lock in the municipality of Dolcè.

In fact a Venetian fortified position had already existed there for some time. In 1701 Marshal de Tessé, who had made a reconnaissance there to prevent the descent of Prince Eugene of Savoy into Italy, had described it as follows, it was properly: "a house pinned against the rock. There is only the passage of a cart between the fort and the river, and on the way there are two drawbridges rising from the fort. There is also on the river a chain to prevent boats from passing and, on the other side of the river, there is a living rock and very high, consequently it seemed to me that this little fort of the Klausen could only be beaten from very far away; and the river is very deep and swift; and to get to the two drawbridges mentioned above, the way is cut into the rock at more than a good musket shot and the river forms a precipice." With the passage of Venetia to the Kingdom of Italy in 1866, the fort came under the control of the Royal Army, which armed it with only two artillery pieces, but kept it in operation, given its strategic location.

In 1960 it was partly brutally demolished to allow the widening of SP11 Valdadige, which runs through it. A hotel was built near it. The Brenner railway, which also passes through here, was made to continue in a tunnel instead.

Currently only a few ruins remain of the fort in a state of disrepair.