From the Treaty of Vienna in 1866 up to the end of the Cold War, Friuli Venezia Giulia was continually littered with military buildings, constructed to watch over an area situated between two opposing geopolitical systems. However, the rapid disappearance of this conflict has led to these structures becoming equally rapidly obsolete: what is the fate of the heritage in the process of being dismantled, and above all of the experiences of those who lived with and in the barracks for more than fifty years?