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The restoration of the Redipuglia Shrine is completed
The largest military shrine in Italy preserves 100.000 fallen soldiers from the First World War, 60.000 of whom are unknown. On the centenary of what, especially but not only for the Italians on the eastern border, was a true Fourth War of Independence, it has undergone extensive restoration that has finally been completed. This is the monumental staircase of Redipuglia (an Italianization of the Slovenian toponym Sredipolje). It was inaugurated in 1938 based on a design by the architect Giovanni Greppi and the sculptor Giannino Castiglioni. This partnership had also been entrusted with the Bezzecca Military Shrine (which united Garibaldi's fallen soldiers from the Third War of Independence and...
Foibe, Mayor Raggi with students between Redipuglia and Basovizza
Mayor Virginia Raggi is accompanying 200 Roman students on the Journey of Remembrance. "A precious moment of education to not forget the tragedies of the eastern Italian border and the exodus of the Julian-Dalmatian populations, the tragedy of the foibe" commented the mayor in a long post on Facebook. "We want to offer young people, the new generations the opportunity to reflect on the history of the twentieth century and its horrors, visiting the places where tragedies that have marked the history of our country took place". The journey is retracing the places of memory, the Redipuglia Shrine, the Basovizza foiba, the Padriciano Refugee Collection Center, the...
