Rocca of Solferino was built in 1022 on the top of the hill overlooking the town in the province of Mantua. Already a natural place of defense being on the…
Solferino Museum is dedicated to the Italian Risorgimento, with particular attention to the battle of 24th June 1859. The finds preserved in the Solferino museum cover the entire Risorgimento chronologically and…
The battle of Solferino on 24th June 1859, was the bloodiest of the Italian and Napoleonic wars of independence with over 10,000 dead on the field, 20,000 wounded and 11,400 soldiers…
The Red Cross Memorial was erected in 1959, the year of the centenary of the Battle of Solferino, in memory of the Nobel Peace Prize winner Jean Henry Dunant, who…
The first settlements were from Roman times along the Postumia road. The ancient village, however, was founded in the Lombard period by a tribe of Swabians from which the name “Suaves”, “Suevi” which later became…
The Monumental Tower of San Martino della Battaglia, in the province of Brescia, solemnly celebrates the entire Risorgimento era, from the first Italian War of Independence (1848) to the capture…