This content was automatically translated. View the original text.
The Park of Remembrance in Mentana and the Garibaldian Shrine
The Park of Remembrance in Mentana is a green area covering 3,000 square metres containing centuries-old pine trees planted to pay tribute to the Garibaldian fighters who fell in the battle of 1867. Inside it stands the Garibaldian altar-ossuary. The visit is part of the MuGa–Garibaldian Museum itinerary, renovated in 2017 with the addition of a multimedia wing.
From battlefield to shrine
This spot was called "I Pagliai," or La Rocca: on November 3, 1867, one of the most violent clashes between Garibaldian volunteers and Franco-Papal troops for the liberation of the Roman countryside took place here. Twenty years later, in 1887, the Shrine was inaugurated, designed by Augusto Fallani. The monument holds the remains of 90 Garibaldian volunteers who fell during the 1867 campaign. Their names are carved on the sides, including the Cairoli brothers, Giuditta Tavani Arquati with her husband Francesco, Giuseppe Monti, and Gaetano Tognetti. In 1889 a peperino stone enclosure with wrought-iron gates was added to the gardens.
The museum and 20th-century memories
The Garibaldian Museum was built in 1905 based on a design by Giulio De Angelis, to house the relics of the fighters of the Roman Countryside Campaign for the liberation of Rome and of the 1867 battle. The park also commemorates the fallen of all other wars: it hosts a memorial stone dedicated to the victims of the Allied bombing of 1944 and of the liberation struggle.
