1967 Antonio Berti (1904/90)
Funded by a subscription of the readers of the Roman newspaper Il Tempo to commemorate the visit of Pius XII Pacelli (1939/58) in the district of S. Lorenzo the day after the bombing of July 19, 1943
662 U.S. bombers and 268 fighters dropped about 4,000 bombs loaded with 1,060 tonnes (1,170 tons) of explosive caused the death of about 2,000 people, of which 1,674 have been identified for sure, in the district of S. Lorenzo
Many more Romans died under the Allied Forces bombs during the rest of the war
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