Cima Palon
{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}
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File:Cima Palon - Entrata galleria Papa.jpg
Cima Palon, also called Monte Pasubio, is the highest peak of the Pasubio group of Little Dolomites in Veneto, Italy. It has an elevation of 2,239 metres.{{cite web |title=Pasubio |url=http://www.tr3ntino.it/en/nature-and-landscape/mountains/pasubio/ |publisher=tr3ntino.it |accessdate=18 November 2015}}
The Pasubio plateau is one of the most relevant Little Dolomites massifs, and it held a high strategic role during the Great War (1914-1918), since it represented the last defensive position of the Venetian Plain. It was the site of fierce mine warfare on the Italian Front. In May 1916, after the Austro-Hungarian Strafexpedition, an Italian contingent was urgently transferred from the Isonzo Front and under the command of General Achille Papa, they stopped the Austro-Hungarian Army at Cima Palon.{{cite web |title=First World War one day itineraries through Italy. Suggestion no. 5: Monte Pasubio and the "52 Galleries" Road |date=27 August 2012 |url=http://www.worldwarone.it/2012_08_01_archive.html |publisher=worldwarone.it |accessdate=18 November 2015}}
In 1917, a team of Italian miners built the Strada delle 52 Gallerie, the route of 52 tunnels, which leads from the base to the summit area of Monte Pasubio.