Rome War Cemetery
Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
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Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio 00153 ItalyCoordinates: 41.87436, 12.47676 - Cemetery ID:
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Coming by metro: take the exit Ostiense of metro line B and turn left at the exit following Aurelian Ancient Walls (viale del Campo Boario). Reach the roundabout and turn right passing under the arches of ancient walls. Atfer 100m you will see the cemetery on the left side. Alternatively, take the metro and get off at Piramide Metro Station, which is close to Rome War Cemetery, on Via Nicola Zabaglia 50, Monte Testaccio.
On 3 September 1943 the Allies invaded the Italian mainland, the invasion coinciding with an armistice made with the Italians who then re-entered the war on the Allied side.
Progress through southern Italy was rapid despite stiff resistance, but the advance was checked for some months at the German winter defensive position known as the Gustav Line. Operations in January 1944 landed troops behind the German lines at Anzio, but a breakthrough was not achieved until 18 May when, after fierce fighting, Cassino finally fell to the Allies.
Rome was taken on 3 June as the German withdrawal continued. The cemetery was started shortly afterwards and was used mainly for burials from the occupying garrison, but a few graves were brought in from the surrounding country, and some soldiers and airmen who died as prisoners of war in Rome are also buried there.
Rome War Cemetery was designed by Louis de Soissons. It contains 426 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Coming by metro: take the exit Ostiense of metro line B and turn left at the exit following Aurelian Ancient Walls (viale del Campo Boario). Reach the roundabout and turn right passing under the arches of ancient walls. Atfer 100m you will see the cemetery on the left side. Alternatively, take the metro and get off at Piramide Metro Station, which is close to Rome War Cemetery, on Via Nicola Zabaglia 50, Monte Testaccio.
On 3 September 1943 the Allies invaded the Italian mainland, the invasion coinciding with an armistice made with the Italians who then re-entered the war on the Allied side.
Progress through southern Italy was rapid despite stiff resistance, but the advance was checked for some months at the German winter defensive position known as the Gustav Line. Operations in January 1944 landed troops behind the German lines at Anzio, but a breakthrough was not achieved until 18 May when, after fierce fighting, Cassino finally fell to the Allies.
Rome was taken on 3 June as the German withdrawal continued. The cemetery was started shortly afterwards and was used mainly for burials from the occupying garrison, but a few graves were brought in from the surrounding country, and some soldiers and airmen who died as prisoners of war in Rome are also buried there.
Rome War Cemetery was designed by Louis de Soissons. It contains 426 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
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Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
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- Added: 5 Apr 2007
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2212489
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