Rome War Cemetery
Historic site · Testaccio, Italy
A Commonwealth war cemetery on via Nicola Zabaglia, established in 1947 and built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which still manages and maintains it, as one of about fifty comparable sites in Italy, to a design by the architect Louis de Soissons. It is approached through an open circular vestibule sheltering a bronze box with the names of the dead; the headstones are aligned along the walls, the Stone of Remembrance stands at the centre of the rows, and a large stone cross closes the avenue facing the entrance. No wall separates it from the street, only a light railing. No source states its opening hours, so none are given here.
History
It was laid out on the state-owned strip of the old prati del popolo romano, between Monte Testaccio and the Aurelian Walls. It was made for the dead of the Rome garrison and later received bodies from the province, and airmen and soldiers who died in captivity, between 1939 and 1945.
Visit
Via Nicola Zabaglia, 00153 Roma RM
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