The Garibaldi Refuge, built in the 1960s, was built next to the ruins of the old Swiss hotel bombed during the First World War (1915-1918) by a stakeout located at the “Forte Venini” in Oga, 11 km away. as the crow flies from that location.
During the Great War the trenches, the kilns of the kitchens and the now dilapidated buildings scattered over the entire surrounding area were shelter for 2000 Austro-Hungarian soldiers.
After the defeat of the Austrian Empire, however, the border was redefined and the territory, the current province of Bolzano, passed to Italy.