T he Monument to the 4th "Skorpion" Armoured Regiment stands at the exit of the Gorge, on the old road leading from Massa Albaneta to the valley of the River Rapido. The memorial which was unveiled on 18 May 1946 is built from remnants of a Sherman tank commanded by Lt. Ludomir Białecki. He and his crew were killed at this spot on 12 May 1944 when a mine exploded. The memorial was designed by Lt. Władysław Kuźniarz...
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The Monument to the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division atop Hill 593 (Monte Calvario) was unveiled on 18 July 1945. The commemorative tablet names the 1,115 soldiers of the 3rd Division who fell in the heaviest and fiercest battles of the Adriatic Campaign. Under the obelisk is an urn containing the ashes of the Division's Commander, Gen. Bolesław Bronisław Duch (1896-1980). The words of the inscription on the monument...
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The Monument to the 5th Kresowa Infantry Division was erected on Hill 575 in June 1944, just two weeks after the end of hostilities, to honour the memory of the Division's 503 dead and 1,531 wounded. The consecration ceremony took place on 18 May 1945. The location was chosen because of it visibility both from Monastery Hill and the valley of the River Liri. Hill 575 had also been the final goal of the assault by the Division's troops during the battle for the Gustav Line.
The memorial, mounted on a stone pedestal, is in...
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The memorial, mounted on a stone pedestal, is in...
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The Monument to the 6th 'Dzieci Lwowskich' Armoured Regiment in Piedimonte San Germano was erected thanks to the efforts of the 'Dzieci Lwowskich' [Children of Lwów] Regimental Club. A memorial plaque containing the names of 40 members of the regiment who had been killed was mounted on the monument, which was unveiled and consecrated on 19 August 1973. The plaque bears the inscription: "For your freedom and ours, on 26 May 1944, after a ferocious five day battle, the 6th 'Dzieci Lwowskich' Armoured Regiment, on its march to a distant Poland and always true...
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This monument was erected to a design by the architect Pietro Rogacienia, son of a soldier of the 2nd Corps, and its ceremonious unveiling took place on 18 May 1996. The monument celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the transfer of the bodies of the first Polish casualties of the nearby front...
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