Mangart Road: Mussolini’s Fascist Legacy in Slovenia’s Julian Alps Built in the late 1930s under Mussolini’s fascist regime, Mangart Road (Mangartska cesta) is Slovenia’s highest paved road, soaring to 2,055 meters near the Italian border. This engineering marvel was designed to fortify Italy’s “natural borders” in the Julian Alps, serving both military defense and fascist propaganda. Mussolini’s regime used grand infrastructure projects like this […]