Battle of Mount Belvedere Cross
Details:
A large cross on the edge of Mount Belvedere about 50 meters from the ruins of Castel Mount Belvedere.
A cross mounted to a granite black (about 3 feet tall) with a brass inscribed plaque attached to the block.
The marker remembers all the fallen who fought on this battlefields and adjoining mountains in 1944 and 1945 along these positions of the Gothic Line. Italian Partisans were very active fighting the enemy along with the 10th Mountain Division. (See this website, 10th Division Monument for more on the battle)
The Alpini Association of Lizzano in Belvedere placed the marker on the 40th anniversary of the battle.
Monument Text:
The text is written in Italian and reads:
A PERENNE RICORDO
DI TUTTI COLORO CHI
NELL ULTIMO CONFLITTO
CADDERO COMBATTENDO
SU QUESTE MONTAGNE
IL GRUPPO ALPINI DI LIZZANO IN BELVEDERE
IN OCCASION DEL 40TH ANNIVERSARIO
POSE
12 – 6- 1985
The translation in English is:
TO THE PERENNIAL MEMORY
OF ALL THOSE
IN THE LAST CONFLICT
WHO FELL FIGHTING
ON THESE MOUNTAINS
THE ALPINI GROUP OF LIZZANO IN BELVEDERE
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY
REMEMBERS
12 – 6 - 1985
