Monte Fior

{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}

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| elevation_m = 1,824

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| location = Veneto, Italy

| range = Vicentine Alps

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Monte Fior is a mountain of Veneto, Italy. It is located on the Asiago Plateau, in the Vicentine Alps, and has an elevation of {{convert|1824|m|ft|0}}.[https://www.magicoveneto.it/altipian/Melette-Fior/Monte-Fior-Citta-di-Roccia.htm Magico Veneto][https://www.caiasiago.it/861-monte-fior CAI Asiago]

Monte Fior is the highest peak of the Melette group, in the Province of Vicenza.[https://www.magicoveneto.it/altipian/Melette-Fior/Monte-Fior-Citta-di-Roccia.htm Magico Veneto][https://www.caiasiago.it/861-monte-fior CAI Asiago] Along with the rest of the group, it was heavily contested during the First World War; held by the Alpini and the Sassari Brigade, on 7 June 1916 it was captured by Austro-Hungarian troops during the battle of Asiago, after bitter fighting in which over 3,500 men were killed, but it returned in Italian hands a few weeks later. It was again captured by the Austro-Hungarians on 3 December 1917, during the First Battle of Monte Grappa, and held by them until the end of the war.[https://www.vecio.it/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4771 Vecio.it][http://www.brigatasassari.it/default.asp?site_id=300&idpage=522&title=Monte%20Fior&lang=it&pm=520 Brigata Sassari][https://www.ana.it/2008/07/23/la-battaglia-di-monte-fior4350/ Associazione Nazionale Alpini]

Part of the events narrated by Emilio Lussu in One Year on the High Plateau take place on Monte Fior.