Monument commemorating the war dead from the hamlet of Saltocchio
Information
Municipality:
Common of Lucca
Recommended season:
all the season
Opening hours:
always opened
Entrance:
free
Location:
Saltocchio
Address:
Saltocchio (Lucca), in front of the cemetery entrance, next to the church
District/Location:
Lucca
District:
Piana di Lucca
The monument is situated in the open space next to the church of Saltocchio, in front of the entrance to the cemetery. It consists of a base and vertical element with dedicatory epigraph topped by a cross. The entire composition is encircled by an iron railing.
Saltocchio (Lucca),
MCMXIX
a perpetuo ricordo
Saltocchio
incide nel marmo
i nomi gloriosi
dei suoi figli
da forti caduti
nell'orrenda guerra
per la grandezza d'Italia
a perpetuo ricordo
Saltocchio
incide nel marmo
i nomi gloriosi
dei suoi figli
da forti caduti
nell'orrenda guerra
per la grandezza d'Italia
Translation: MCMXIX in perpetual memory Saltocchio incises in marble the glorious names of its children who fell in the horrendous war for the greatness of Italy
1st January 1919
Pro-monument local committee
The committee was already active at the start of 1919 when it requested an area from the state railways to make the piazza for the monument. The work was inaugurated in the same year, as attested by the monument's epigraph, which captures the immediate post-war climate, with its still strong condemnation of the more raw and mournful aspects of the "horrendous war", in contrast with the fascist exaltation that was to later eliminate any trace of criticism.
- Resolution of Lucca Town Council 21st May 1919.
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