{"id":5447,"date":"2015-03-08T17:30:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T17:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:20:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:20:42","slug":"sardinia-defences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/sardinia-defences\/","title":{"rendered":"Sardinia Defences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The following information was kindly e-mailed to the PSG\u00a0by Daniele Grioni in Lombardia (Northern Italy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Coastal Pillbox for a heavy machine-gun (Type Breda 37) at Capitana ( uartu Sant\u2019Elena) .<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The stronghold \u201cDomus de Maria\u201d found along the road between Domus de Maria and Teuleda in southern Sardinia.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It is reported to be in very good condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This Italian Pillbox was photographed by Livio Paoli and e-mailed to the PSG by Daniele Grioni.\u00a0It is part of a \u201croadblock strongpoint\u201d located between Porto Torres and Argentiera, Sardinia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortificazioni Costiere Italiane 1940-1943<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Monte Pauliara,\u00a0Capoterra \/ \u201cPoggio dei Pini\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Concrete Observation Post, Machine Gun Casemate and Underground Bunker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fortified Line of Cupoterra,\u00a0(Cagliari \u2013 Sardinia)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Bunker \u201cCaposaldo III\u201d for heavy (Breda 37, Fiat 35 etc) and Light (Breda 30) Machine Guns.\u00a0Disguised as a house!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seddas Moddizzis (Gonnesa)\u00a0Anti-Tank Obstacles And\u00a0Light Machine Gun Emplacement (1943)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apparently There Is Also A Bunker For An Anti-Tank\u00a0Gun 47\/32mm And Another For A Heavy Machine Gun<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capoterra Near Cagliari<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Standard emplacement for Heavy Machine Gun in a bunker at Capoterra near Cagliari<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The following information was kindly e-mailed to the PSG\u00a0by Daniele Grioni in Lombardia (Northern Italy). A Coastal Pillbox for a heavy machine-gun (Type Breda 37) at Capitana ( uartu Sant\u2019Elena) . The stronghold \u201cDomus de Maria\u201d found along the road between Domus de Maria and Teuleda in southern Sardinia. It is reported to be in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[999],"tags":[78,273],"class_list":{"0":"post-5447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sardinia","8":"tag-defences","9":"tag-sardinia","10":"czr-hentry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}