Florence American Cemetery and Memorial



TIPOLOGY

Religious Buildings

SUBTYPE

Cemetery

LOCALITY

Falciano - Firenze (FI)

DESCRIPTION

The Florence American Cemetery and Memorial is one of the 14 places in overseas territories chosen by the American Battle Monuments Commission as the final resting place for the remains of soldiers who died in the Italian Campaign of 1943-1945. The cemetery covers 70 hectares and is divided by two wide tree-lined avenues leading up to the three terraces on which the imposing memorial sits.

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