Fogliano Redipuglia#World War I memorial
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| name = Fogliano Redipuglia
| official_name = Comune di Fogliano Redipuglia
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| region = Friuli-Venezia Giulia
| province = Gorizia (GO)
| frazioni = Fogliano, Polazzo, Redipuglia
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| mayor = Cristiana Pisano
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| area_total_km2 = 7.8
| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
| population_total = 3058
| population_as_of = 28 February 2017
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| elevation_m = 23
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| postal_code = 34070
| area_code = 0481
| website = {{official website|http://www.foglianoredipuglia.net/}}
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Fogliano Redipuglia ({{IPA|it|foʎˈʎaːno rediˈpuʎʎa|lang}}; Bisiacco: {{lang|vec|Foian Redipuia}}; {{langx|fur|Foian Redipulie}}; {{langx|sl|Foljan-Sredipolje}}, {{langx|de|Radepollach}}) is a {{lang|it|comune}} (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about {{convert|35|km|mi}} northwest of Trieste and about {{convert|13|km|mi|0}} southwest of Gorizia.
Fogliano Redipuglia borders the following municipalities: Doberdò del Lago, Gradisca d'Isonzo, Ronchi dei Legionari, Sagrado, San Pier d'Isonzo, Villesse.
World War I memorial
{{see also|Redipuglia War Memorial}}
File:Sacrario Militare di Redipuglia.jpg, resting place of approximately 100,000 Italian soldiers. More than 650,000 died on the battlefields of World War I.]]
Fogliano Redipuglia lies at the eastern end of the shifting front of the Italian Campaign against Austria-Hungary (and Germany) in World War I, and today is home to Italy's largest war memorial on Monte Sei Busi in Redipuglia.
The huge war memorial from 1938 contains the corpses of 39,857 identified Italian soldiers, and 69,330 unidentified. In a nearby cemetery are buried another around 14,000 Austro-Hungarian soldiers. Trench fortifications can be seen next to the war memorial, as well as a display of large World War I artillery pieces.
Pope Francis visited Redipuglia's military memorial on 13 September 2014 to mark the centenary of World War I to pray for those who died in all wars.{{Cite web|url=http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-to-mark-centenary-of-wwi-by-visiting|title=News from the Vatican - News about the Church - Vatican News|access-date=2014-06-06|archive-date=2017-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518080620/http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-to-mark-centenary-of-wwi-by-visiting|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29190890|title = Pope Francis warns on 'piecemeal World War III'|work = BBC News|date = 13 September 2014}}homily at http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-francis-homily-at-the-world-war-i-memorial-in-redipuglia
References
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External links
- [http://www.burger.si/WWI/Italy/Redipuglia/uvod_ENG.html Virtual tour of the monument with 360° surround photography - (time of the visualization: March 2014) ]
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