Redipuglia War Memorial
World War I memorial in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Redipuglia War Memorial[1][2][3] (Italian: Sacrario militare di Redipuglia) is a World War I memorial located on the Karst Plateau near the village of Fogliano Redipuglia, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy. It is the largest war memorial in Italy and one of the largest in the world, housing the remains of 100,187 Italian soldiers killed between 1915 and 1917 in the eleven battles fought on the Karst and Isonzo front.[4]
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Redipuglia War Memorial | |
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Sacrario militare di Redipuglia | |
Italy | |
For Italian soldiers killed in the battles of the Isonzo in World War I | |
Unveiled | 18 September 1938 (inaugurated) |
Location | 45.8521°N 13.4908°E / 45.8521; 13.4908 near |
Designed by | Giovanni Greppi |
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