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The vultures wall (Italian Col di Specie ) is a 2088 m, according to other sources 2100 m high mountain in the Dolomites Lago di in South Tyrol, Italy. It lies north of Schluderbach in the Landro.

During World War I the vultures wall was part of the Austrian fortifications on the border with Italy. She belonged to the blocking group Ampezzo and was attached to the vortex Alpe ( plateau on the vultures wall ) by two companies with six machine guns. Larger fortifications in the vicinity were the work of Prato Piazza and the work Landro.

Today also as a vulture wall (Italian Tavolo dell ' Avvoltoio ) is known 260 meters high south-east face of the mountain above the Höhlensteintals a popular and challenging climbing destination. This is the classic Palfrader - Lead by Franz Palfrader from the 1970s with difficulty V- VII- still one of the easier. Opened in 1991 Christoph Hainz and Hans Kammerlander a variant. Previously Hainz had 1989 Geierwally (VIII ) and 1990 Vulture 's Claw (VIII ) climbed .. in 2008 by Simon Gietl and Günther Ausserhofer with Windgeflüster (suggestion: VIII/VIII-, Repeat in December 2008, still pending) in their opinion, the heaviest normal hook - route first ascended in the vulture wall.