Italian Freedom Fighters - Venice Italy
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N 45° 25.913 E 012° 21.070
33T E 292807 N 5034341
Marker denoting the deaths of local Resistance members killed by the Fascists in 1944.
Waymark Code: WMX795
Location: Veneto, Italy
Date Posted: 12/07/2017
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Located on the side of building on the aptly named Riva Setto Martiri (Road of Seven Martyrs), this marker perpetuates seven local men who were murdered by the Fascists in 1944.
The marble marker is "cradled" by a row of 7 marble "candles" in memoriam.
Marker text reads:
Sacrilega faziosita fascista volle teutonica Barbara mano colpi caddero
Sliprando Armellin
Gino Conti
Bruno de Gasperi
Alfredo Gelmi
Luciano Gelmi
Girolamo Guasto
Alfredo Vivian
La Luce del Vostro martirio
illumine il cammino del popolo rinato alla liberta
Venezia 3 Agosto 1944
English translation)
Barbarically killed by Fascists:
Sliprando Armellin
Gino Conti
Bruno de Gasperi
Alfredo Gelmi
Luciano Gelmi
Girolamo Guasto
Alfredo Vivian
The light of your martyrdom
Enlightens the journey of the people born to Freedom
Venice 3 August 1944
Location: Riva Sette Martiri, off Via Garibaldi
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: Not listed
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