Fogliano Redipuglia (; Bisiacco: ; ; , ) is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in the

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region of

Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...

, located about northwest of

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and about southwest of

Gorizia Gorizia (; ; , ; ; ) is a town and (municipality) in northeastern Italy, in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia, Region ...

. Fogliano Redipuglia borders the following municipalities:

Doberdò del Lago Doberdò del Lago (; Venetian language#Regional variants, Bisiacco: ; ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Gorizia, Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in the Italy, Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of ...

, Gradisca d'Isonzo,

Ronchi dei Legionari Ronchi dei Legionari ( Bisiacco: ; , , ) is a (municipality) in the regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northeast Italy, about southwest of Gorizia and northwest of Trieste. It is the location of Trieste – ...

, Sagrado,

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Villesse Villesse (; ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Gorizia, Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in the Italy, Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southwest of Gorizia. As of 31 Decemb ...

World War I memorial

Fogliano Redipuglia lies at the eastern end of the shifting front of the Italian Campaign against

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(and

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) in

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, and today is home to Italy's largest war memorial on Monte Sei Busi in Redipuglia. The huge war memorial from 1938 contains the corpses of 39,857 identified Italian soldiers, and 69,330 unidentified. In a nearby cemetery are buried another around 14,000 Austro-Hungarian soldiers. Trench fortifications can be seen next to the war memorial, as well as a display of large World War I artillery pieces.

Pope Francis Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until Death and funeral of Pope Francis, his death in 2025. He was the fi ...

visited Redipuglia's military memorial on 13 September 2014 to mark the centenary of World War I to pray for those who died in all wars.homily at http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-francis-homily-at-the-world-war-i-memorial-in-redipuglia

References

External links

Virtual tour of the monument with 360° surround photography - (time of the visualization: March 2014)
{{authority control Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia