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C.I. SAN VALENTINO IN ABRUZZO CITERIORE
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MAJELLA NATIONAL PARK
MAJELLA NATIONAL PARK
Via Badia 28, Sulmona
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Via Badia 28, Sulmona
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Welcome to the Monument to the Fallen
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Starting from 1923, throughout Italy, the Avenues or Parks of Remembrance were designed in honor of the victims of the First World War and in memory of the more than 500,000 Italian soldiers who died in the various theaters of war. A 1926 law established that “For every fallen soldier of the Great War, a tree must be planted...” and stipulated that the creation of these “public monuments” should consist of a tree-lined avenue and a plaque at the end, to create “a sacred space.”
In San Valentino, it was built around the 1930s in Largo San Nicola, with a plaque bearing the names of the fallen, by the sculptor Torquato Tamagnini (1886-1965), author of the bronze bas-reliefs. Over the years, the avenue was removed to make way for a small open space.
In 1989, the current Monument was inaugurated, thanks to the efforts of a citizens' committee chaired by Emilio Aloisio and Valentino Pascetta, with the addition of a new plaque and an altar dedicated to the fallen of the Second World War. The stone and masonry works were carried out by Enzo Esposito and Silvino Antinucci, based on a design by engineer Marzio Pelaccia. The bronze monument was supplied by the Curti company, the tripod by the Di Girolamo company.
NOT ALONE
IF YOU LIVE IN YOUR MEMORY
NOT DEAD
IF IN TRIUMPH
NOT VICTIMS
IF THE DREAM FOR WHICH WE FELL WAS REAL
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