Built on the slopes of Mount Sei Busi, it was inaugurated on 18^th September 1938 after ten years of work. 

At the entrance to the memorial it is possible to visit the armored trench that was built and garrisoned by the infantrymen of the Siena, Savona and Cagliari Brigades during the actions of June-July 1915 in the battles of the Isonzo. 

In the large square there is the “Via Eroica” with 38 bronze tombstones, on which the locations of the battles that took place on the Karst have been written in relief. 

In the center of it stands the large tomb of Emanuele Filiberto Duke of Aosta, Commander of the III Army, whose body was placed in the crypt closed by a metal gate.

Next to it are the granite tombs of five generals: Antonio Chinotto, Tommaso Monti, Giovanni Prelli, Giuseppe Paolini and Fulvio Riccieri.

Behind it rise the 22 steps (2.5 meters high and 12 meters wide) which, in alphabetical order, hold the remains of the 39,857 identified soldiers. Each niche is surmounted by the inscription “Presente”.

At the end of the staircase and steps, two large tombs covered with bronze plates hold the remains of over 60,000 unknown soldiers. Here there is also the Chapel in memory of all the fallen. 

At the top, three crosses recall the image of Mount Golgotha and the crucifixion of Christ.

In the back of the memorial two museum rooms have been set up and inside there are photographs of the first Memorial of Redipuglia, documents and various war artifacts.

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Originally, the barracks and the tunnel were connected by means of an internal tunnel that allowed the safe passage of troops and personnel.

Its construction began in November 1917 and lasted almost 10 months, designed by Colonel Nicola Gavotti. It was a truly grandiose fortification work, with its development of 5 km entirely in tunnels.

The construction of the tunnel was a determining factor in the attempt to stop the Austro-Hungarian advance. 

It is structured on a main corridor, about 1.5 km long, from which numerous side corridors are divided to accommodate artillery muzzles, observers and machine gun positions. 

The tunnel, built below Cima Grappa, is 3 meters high and measures 2.50 meters in its maximum width and for its construction it was necessary to remove about 40,000 cubic meters of rock using 24 mechanical drilling machines.

To facilitate any offensive actions, several exit corridors were created, through which the troops could reach the outside with considerable surprise effect, and in complete safety. 

At full capacity, 15,000 men equipped with all technical and logistical equipment could be accommodated, as well as 72 cannons and about 70 machine guns capable of firing on both sides of the Summit.

Today the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele III can be visited for half of its length, about 800 meters, in absolute safety as it is equipped with a lighting system.

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Already a natural place of defense being on the hilltop of over 200 meters, there are traces of the first military settlements of the ninth century on some buildings of the Roman era.

23 meters high, it acquired strategic value over time for its geographical position that earned it the nickname of “The Spy of Italy” in the Risorgimento, being a sighting point on the border. 

It was the scene of the bloody Battle of Solferino and San Martino on 24 June 1859 during which the Franco-Piedmontese and Austrian armies faced each other.

The fortress, after a period of abandonment, underwent major restorations in 1870. 

Converted into a museum, on the first floor and along the walls leading to the terrace there are memorabilia, paintings and numerous weapons recovered from the battlefields of the Second Italian War of Independence.

The room that leads to the panoramic terrace is called the “Hall of the Sovereigns” because on its walls hang two paintings depicting Vittorio Emanuele II and Napoleon III, the two monarchs who commanded the Franco-Piedmontese army.

From the top of the Rocca, it is possible to admire the panorama of the Mantuan countryside and Lake Garda.

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The finds preserved in the Solferino museum cover the entire Risorgimento chronologically and can be dated from 1796, the year of Napoleon Bonaparte’s first descent into Italy, to 1870, the year of the capture of Rome. 

Exhibits include original documents from the time such as military uniforms, weapons, cannons and other types of memorabilia.

The collection is then completed by artifacts related to the phase of the armed clash fought in Solferino.

The museum itinerary is accompanied by captions that illustrate the events, presenting the most significant characters of that historical event.

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After the battle, mass graves were dug, in which the bodies of the fallen were quickly buried. 

The aim was to prevent the decomposition of the corpses, accelerated by the summer heat, from causing serious problems to public health. These burials, however, were not decorous or regular. 

The remains of over 10,000 soldiers were exhumed and placed in two pre-existing churches, one in Solferino and the other in San Martino della Battaglia, transformed into ossuaries. 

The Solferino Ossuary is housed inside the church of San Pietro in Vincoli.

You can get there along an avenue of cypresses at the edge of which there is a large park. On the façade of the church, you can see two mosaics: one depicting St. Peter, and the other the Redeemer.

The apse space behind the simple altar and those of the crypt below and the two side chapels are completely covered with thousands of bones belonging to about 7000 Savoy, French and Austrian soldiers, now side by side without distinction of nationality or rank. 

As can be read in one of the epigraphs: “Enemies in battle, in the silence of the tomb brothers rest”.

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Through a long avenue of cypresses, called San Luigi Gonzaga, you arrive at the memorial.

At the bottom, raised above a block of stone, the concrete sculpture with a central cross in iron and enamel. 

On the right side, the monument consists of a wall with polychrome marble tiles from all over the world, on which the names of 148 countries belonging to the International Red Cross are imprinted.

The battle that was fought on the morainic hills was catastrophic like few others at that time.

At the end of more than 15 hours of fighting, more than 6000 dead and about 40,000 wounded more or less seriously, including Franco-Piedmontese and Austrians, remained on the battlefield.

The main problem was the rescue of wounded soldiers during the night, many remained on the battlefield.

The result was that throughout the night, the excruciating moans and desperate screams of those who were suffering or about to die followed one another.

It was this scenario that deeply affected a young Swiss businessman, Jean Henry Dunant.

Dunant set out to find men and women to help him provide the wounded with water, food, and bandages.

He managed to open the churches to house them, he personally went to the battlefields to collect other wounded.

Thus was born the project of forming teams of volunteer nurses who could help the wounded on the battlefields, according to a criterion of absolute impartiality.

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