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Monumento ai Caduti in Libia
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Monument to the Fallen in Libya

 
 
Monumento ai Caduti in Libia / Monument to the Fallen in Libya Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, June 11, 2025
1. Monumento ai Caduti in Libia / Monument to the Fallen in Libya Marker
Inscription.  
Italian:
Ai suoi figli eroicamente caduti in Libia

Soldati Bertagna Albino — Valeggio • Boliandi Cirillo — Cologna • Bonometti Luigi — Costermano • Bovolin Angelo — Veronella • Bressan Arturo — Veronella • Buggiani Giuseppe — Legnago • Carrara Alessandro — Verona
Sottotenente di Vascello De Lummi Dante — Verona
Capitano Paitini Vittorio — Verona
Soldati Aesta Emilio — Caprino • Ammonio Antonio — Verona • Auruani Angelo — Bonavigo • Gastaudo Candido — San Bonifacio
Tenente Gelmetti Cesare — Verona
Soldati Germiniani Zenone — Terraz • Marcolini Giovanni — Rovere • Miuani Giuseppe — Colognola • Padovani Giuseppe — Isola della Scala • Pasetto Pietro — Negarine • Pertiue Gino — Cologna Veneta • Pesavento Marco — Cologna Veneta • Righetti Andrea — Verona • Sartori Roberto — Ronco • Signorini Ernesto — Legnago • Minelli Marcello — Pastrengo • Tommasi Giuseppe — Breonio • Tronconi Giuseppe — Torri • Turcato Carlo — Legnago

English Translation:
To its sons who fell heroically
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Soldiers Bertagna Albino — Valeggio • Boliandi Cirillo — Cologna • Bonometti Luigi — Costermano • Bovolin Angelo — Veronella • Bressan Arturo — Veronella • Buggiani Giuseppe — Legnago • Carrara Alessandro — Verona
Sub-Lieutenant (Navy) De Lummi Dante — Verona
Captain Paitini Vittorio — Verona
Soldiers Aesta Emilio — Caprino • Ammonio Antonio — Verona • Auruani Angelo — Bonavigo • Gastaudo Candido — San Bonifacio
Lieutenant Gelmetti Cesare — Verona
Soldiers Germiniani Zenone — Terraz • Marcolini Giovanni — Rovere • Miuani Giuseppe — Colognola • Padovani Giuseppe — Isola della Scala • Pasetto Pietro — Negarine • Pertiue Gino — Cologna Veneta • Pesavento Marco — Cologna Veneta • Righetti Andrea — Verona • Sartori Roberto — Ronco • Signorini Ernesto — Legnago • Minelli Marcello — Pastrengo • Tommasi Giuseppe — Breonio • Tronconi Giuseppe — Torri • Turcato Carlo — Legnago
 
Erected 1913 by City of Verona and T. Montini.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Wars, Non-US.
 
Location. 45° 26.333′ N, 10° 59.512′ E. Memorial is in Verona, Veneto (Venetia), in Provincia di Verona. It is in Cittΰ Antica. It is on Piazza
Monumento ai Caduti in Libia / Monument to the Fallen in Libya Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, June 11, 2025
2. Monumento ai Caduti in Libia / Monument to the Fallen in Libya Marker
The view of the marker on the upper portion of the building.
Bra just north of Corso Porta Nuova. The marker is located on the upper floor of the building on the wall. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Piazza Bra 36, Verona, Veneto 37121, Italy. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, the Schengen Area, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire, and specifically the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Roma o Morte / Rome or Death! (within shouting distance of this marker); Vittorio Emanuele II (within shouting distance of this marker); Monumento ai Deportati nei Campi Nazisti / Monument to the Deportees in the Nazi Camps (within shouting distance of this marker); The City of Verona (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Alle aquile del 6Ί Alpini / To the Eagles of the 6th Alpini (about 150 meters away); Ai sottufficiali di tutte le armi e corpi armati dello Stato (about 150 meters away); Arena (about 150 meters away); Ai Granatieri di Sardegna caduti per la patria (about 150 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Verona.
 
Regarding Monumento ai Caduti in Libia / Monument to the Fallen in Libya. The Italo-Turkish War (1911–1912) was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ottoman Empire for control of Ottoman territories in North Africa.
 
Also see . . .  Italo-Turkish War. Wikipedia
The Italo-Turkish War saw some technological changes, most notably the use of airplanes in combat. On 23 October 1911, an Italian
Monumento ai Caduti in Libia / Monument to the Fallen in Libya Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, June 11, 2025
3. Monumento ai Caduti in Libia / Monument to the Fallen in Libya Marker
The wide view of the marker in the piazza and the upper portion of the orange colored building.
pilot, Capitano Carlo Piazza, flew over Turkish lines on the world's first aerial reconnaissance mission, and on 1 November, the first aerial bomb was dropped by Sottotenente Giulio Gavotti, on Turkish troops in Libya, from an early model of Etrich Taube aircraft. The Turks, using rifles, were the first to shoot down an airplane. Another use of new technology was a network of wireless telegraphy stations established soon after the initial landings. Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless telegraphy, came to Libya to conduct experiments with the Italian Corps of Engineers.
(Submitted on February 11, 2026, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.) 
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 8, 2026, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 56 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on February 11, 2026, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
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