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Sacrario Militare di Redipuglia

The Redipuglia Memorial is the largest and most majestic Italian shrine dedicated to the fallen of the Great War. Built on the slopes of Sei Busi Mount on a project by the architect Giovanni Greppi and the sculptor Giannino Castiglioni, it was inaugurated on 18 September 1938 after ten years of work. This work, also known as the “Hundred Thousand” Memorial, houses the remains of 100,187 soldiers who fell in the surrounding areas, partly already buried initially on the opposite Colle di Sant’Elia. Strongly desired by the Fascist regime, the shrine wanted to celebrate the sacrifice of the fallen as well as give a worthy burial to those who had not found space in the Invitti cemetery. The structure consists of three levels and symbolically represents the army that descends from the sky, under the leadership of its commander, to travel the Heroic Way. At the top, three crosses recall the image of Mount Golgotha and the crucifixion of Christ. Parked the car on the square in front of the Memorial, the visit begins after passing the destroyer “Grado”, an Austro-Hungarian ship that has become Italian after the end of the war. Walking towards the tombs you go along the “Via Eroica” a stone paved road bordered by 38 bronze plaques indicating the names of the karst places disputed during the Great War. At the end of this evocative route, we arrive at the majestic tombs of the generals, among which the one of the commander of the Third Army, Emanuele Filiberto Duca d’Aosta, who had expressed the desire to be buried in Redipuglia, stands out. The tomb is made up of a block of red marble from Val Camonica weighing 75 tons. Next to it are the granite tombs of five generals: Antonio Chinotto, Tommaso Monti, Giovanni Prelli, Giuseppe Paolini and Fulvio Riccieri. Behind rise the 22 steps (2.5 meters high and 12 wide) which, in alphabetical order, house the remains of the 39857 identified soldiers Each niche is surmounted by the word “Present” and can be reached thanks to the side stairways leading to the top. At the center of the first step is the only buried woman, a Red Cross nurse named Margherita Kaiser Parodi Orlando, while on the twenty-second are the remains of 72 sailors and 56 men of the Guardia di Finanza. Arrived at the end of the staircase and the steps, two large tombs covered with bronze plates they guard the remains of over 60,000 unknown soldiers. Go beyond it to reach the top of the shrine where the visit can continue by visiting the small chapel that houses the “Deposition” and the panels of the Via Crucis by the sculptor Castiglioni. Above this religious structure are the three bronze crosses. In the rear part of the last step two museum rooms have been set up: inside there are the photographs of the first Shrine of Redipuglia, the documents, the war relics and the paintings by Ciotti that adorned the first Tomb of the Duke of Aosta, located originally in the chapel at the top of Colle Sant’Elia. On the plateau, at Altitude 89, there is the Observatory and a model of the territory that highlights the border line at dawn on 24 October 1917, the day of the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo. Informations Via III Armata I-34070 Fogliano Redipuglia (GO) Tel. +39 0481 489024 redipuglia@onorcaduti.difesa.it Opening time Redipuglia Memorial: always open Exhibition rooms at the top and Church of the Madonna Regina della Pace: from November 1st to March 14th From Tuesday to Saturday 9.00-12.00, 14.00-17.00 Monday, Sunday and Holidays: closed from March 15th to October 30th from Tuesday to Friday 9.00-12.00, 14.00-17.00 Saturday, Sunday and Holidays 9.00-12.30, 13.30-18.00 monday: closed Extraordinary closing on Easter day ATTENTION For urgent restoration work in progress, the Military Memorial of Redipuglia can be partially visited. Currently the lower square (Tombe dei Generali and Via Eroica) can be used up to the first step and the top part (Exhibition rooms, Church and Observatory) which can be reached along the municipal road that leads to the open-air museum of the Dolina del XV Bersaglieri and following the signs on site. FOR MORE INFORMATIONS Sentieri di Pace – IAT Fogliano Redipuglia Via III Armata, 37 I-34070 Fogliano Redipuglia (GO) Tel. +39 0481 489139 Cell. +39 346 1761913 info@prolocofoglianoredipuglia.it
Great War Museum “Casa III Armata” di Redipuglia

An integral part of the Shrine, the Redipuglia Great War Museum is located inside the former House of the III Army at the foot of Colle Sant’Elia. Born in 1971, it offers an overview of the events of this section of the front and a collection of weapons that makes it one of the most complete in Italy. It consists of an entrance hall where a topographical map of the front of the Middle and Lower Isonzo has been set up and four rooms. The first is dedicated to the Third Army and you can admire the showcases where the weapons used by the fighters during the conflict, some soldiers’ uniforms and medical equipment are exhibited. In the center of the room a stretch of trench and a karst battlefield with the position of a heavy machine gun have been reconstructed On the walls, numerous photographs document life in the trenches. The second room, on the other hand, reconstructs the history and construction projects of the Thirty Thousand Invited Cemetery and the Redipuglia Memorial through the numerous photographic material. Added to this are the images of the war inscriptions found in the trenches of the area and a section dedicated to the Navy, the Air Force and military chaplains at the front. The third room exhibits various equipment used by soldiers including telephones, leg traps and shears. Often this space is also used as an exhibition venue for some temporary exhibitions on the Great War. Finally, in the last room a video of a film reconstructs the Twelve Battles of the Isonzo and the translation of the Unknown Soldier from Aquileia to Rome. THE MUSEUM WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOLLOWING URGENT MEASURES REGARDING THE CONTAINMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE EMERGENCY FROM COVID-19INFORMATIONS Via Terza Armata (piazzale antistante il Sacrario) I-34070 Fogliano Redipuglia (GO) Tel. +39 0481 489024Opening time from 1° October to 14 March From Tuesday to Saturday 9.00-12.00, 14.00-17.00 Monday, Sunday and Holidays: closed from 15 March al 30 September from Tuesday to Friday 9.00-12.00, 14.00-17.00 Saturday, Sunday and Holidays 9.00-12.30, 13.30-18.00 Monday and Easter: closed Free entrance FOR MORE INFORMATIONS Sentieri di Pace – IAT Fogliano Redipuglia Via III Armata, 37 34070 Fogliano Redipuglia Tel. +39 0481 489139 Cell. +39 346 1761913 info@prolocofoglianoredipuglia.it
Casa Cadorna a Doberdò del Lago

The Casa Cadorna refuge is located on Monte Castellazzo, one of the many karst hills near Doberdò del Lago. The building was built in 1916 (and later restored in 1977) at 106 meters above sea level. along a karst road used first by the Austro-Hungarians and, after the advance of the front towards the east in the Sixth Battle of the Isonzo, by the Italians. The dedication to the general dates back to a visit that Cadorna made to the troops in this place, considering it a refuge absolutely sheltered from possible enemy attacks.To reach this site you have to start from Doberdò and follow, on foot or by mountain bike, the CAI 77 path that ends near the lake. Along the way you can admire (paying attention) numerous military works, in particular walkways and workstations. After two two kilometers you arrive at the Casa Cadorna refuge from which you can enjoy the wonderful view towards Lake Doberdò and the Trieste Karst(especially on the line of Mount Ermada). Informations Along the CAI 77 path (starting from Via Vallone) I-34070 Doberdò del Lago (GO) FOR MORE INFORMATIONS Centro visite Gradina Via Vallone, 32 I-34070 Doberdò del Lago (GO) Tel. +39 0481 784111 Cell. +39 320 2963942 info@rogos.it

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