War Memorial in Collagna
Place:
Piazza della Vittoria - 42032 Ventasso
How to get there:
From Reggio Emilia along SS 63 in the direction of Passo del Cerreto.
67 km far from Reggio Emilia
Tourist Area:
Additional notes:
Analytical text:
This is a temple shaped white marble monument constituted by two columns which support an architrave, between them there is a gravestone on which the following word are carved: "TO THE VALIANTS OF COLLAGNA/FALLEN/FOR THE BIGNESS OF ITALY/ITALIAN-AUSTRIAN WAR/1915-1918". In the cement base a grey marble gravestone with epgraphs and fifty-eight World War II Fallen's names afterwards was placed. The original unveiling of the stele is dated back to the 30s, while the gravestone below was discovered in the immediate postwar period.
Insription: "FALLEN FOR THE COUNTRY 1940-45" " N.Brugnoli, A.Canovi - Le Pietre Dolenti ".
Municipality:
VENTASSO
Piazza Primo Maggio, 3, Loc. Cervarezza, 42032 Ventasso (RE)
0522/891911, 0522 891520
info@comune.ventasso.re.it
www.comune.ventasso.re.it
Last update: April 26, 2025