Sunday, March 16, 2014

GIANICOLENSE MAUSOLEUM AND OSSUARY

MAUSOLEO OSSARIO GIANICOLENSE
1941 Giovanni Jacobucci (1895/1970)
In the crypt there are the remains of the fallen for the defense of the Roman Republic in 1849, during the uprising in 1867 and for the liberation of Rome in 1870
During the battle of the September 20, 1870, that lasted about five hours, there were 49 dead among Italian "Bersaglieri" soldiers and 19 dead among the papal soldiers. The latter are remembered in a plaque in front of the Mausoleum of S. Costanza on Via Nomentana
Among the graves there is the one of the poet Goffredo Mameli (1827/49) who died at the age of 21. He was aide de camp of Giuseppe Garibaldi and was the author of the words of the Italian National Anthem

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