The southern part of Trentino was one of the most contended areas of the Italian-Austrian front during the First World War. A hundred years after the end of the war, the rough and deep traces of the fighting are still visible in the landscape echoing the drama of the past in the silence of nature. Taking inspiration from diaries and memoirs of Italian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers, Andrea Contrini has undertaken a photographic journey to discover the old front line that goes from Lake Garda to the Pasubio through the peaks and valleys illustrating how the passing of time has transformed the battlefields into places of peace. Echoes in the Silence consists of one hundred and fifty colour photographs, divided into chapters following a geographical order, and illustrating the battlefields as well as the Italian and Austro-Hungarian fortified lines of the following areas: Massiccio del Pasubio, Piccole Dolomiti, Monte Zugna, Passo Buole, Alto Garda, Massiccio del Baldo, Vallagarina, Vallarsa and Val di Gresta.A map of the area completes the historical geographical framework along with some photos of the period from1915 to 1918 and numerous memories of the protagonists of the time, including Eugenio Montale, Felix Hecht and Fritz Weber.
