This veritable open-air Great War museum has been receiving funds from the Italian Ministry of Culture to help with restoration and promotion since 2001: a project for which the Vicenza Provincial Council, the Unione Montana Spettabile Reggenza dei Sette Comuni (a body that unifies the seven municipalities of the Asiago plateau), the Veneto Region and 24 other municipalities decided to set up a network by creating the Alta Via della Grande Guerra delle Prealpi Vicentine, a high altitude Great War hiking trail through the Vicenza foothills.

It is a trail of historical, cultural and environmental significance, where nature has been blemished by deliberate human intervention, causing scars of a past that must not be forgotten but saved and passed down to future generations as a valuable common resource. The territorial cohesion of the municipalities and the collaboration of various bodies and associations mean, too, that there is a desire to preserve the collective memory of the dramatic human events that took place in these areas during the Great War and keep them alive, with the aim of educating our generation and remembering all those who died for our freedom.

At the centre of the project are the four war memorials, which not only contain the bodies of the fallen (known and unknown) but stand for the tangible cornerstone of our remembrance and liberty. The four war memorials are also symbolised on the arms of the Province of Vicenza: Pasubio, Cimone, Asiago and Grappa.

Over 125 miles of paths branch off from the trail, leading to the various sites of interest: the Great War ecomuseum network, the buildings for remembrance (war memorials, museums, visitor centres), the Italian forts (Corbin, Campolongo, Interrotto, Verena, Lisser, etc.), the Austro-Hungarian forts in the neighbouring Vezzene plateau (Luserna, Belvedere, Spitz di Vezzena, etc.) and various war cemeteries.