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People were killed by stampede during an attack by the RAF Bomber Command in WWII as they made their way into Galleria delle Grazie, a railway tunnel in use as an air-raid shelter. Rushing down the 150 steps leading underground into the shelter, people fell on top of one another in a crush, accounting for the extremely heavy toll of the stampede.
Gaeta (Italian:; Latin: Cāiēta; Southern Laziale: Gaieta) is a seaside resort in the province of Latina, in Lazio, Italy. Set on a promontory stretching towards the Gulf of Gaeta , it is 96.5 kilometres (60 miles) from Naples and 133 km (83 mi) from Rome .
The next night, thousands of Goumiers and other French colonial troops scoured the villages of Southern Latium. Italian victims' associations such as Associazione Nazionale Vittime delle Marocchinate alleged that 12,000 women, ranging in age from 11 to 86, suffered from violence, when village after village came under control of the Goumiers.
Cassino (Italian pronunciation: [kasˈsiːno]) is a comune in the province of Frosinone, Southern Italy, at the southern end of the region of Lazio, the last city of the Latin Valley. [ 3 ] Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari and Liri rivers.
The province of Frosinone (Italian: provincia di Frosinone) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy.Its capital is the city of Frosinone.It has an area of 3,247 square kilometres (1,254 sq mi) and a total population of 493,605 (2016).
The name comes from the derogatory term, in Roman dialect applied to some poor shepherds, because of their footwear, called in Roman dialect ciocie. These shoes, which were widespread among the poorest shepherds of much of Southern and Southeast Europe, are used today in the province of Frosinone only by folklore groups and for touristic ...
Location of Lazio within Italy Provinces of Lazio. The following is a list of the municipalities of Lazio, Italy. [1] There are 378 municipalities in Lazio (as of January 2019): 91 in the Province of Frosinone; 33 in the Province of Latina; 73 in the Province of Rieti; 121 in the Metropolitan Metropolitan City of Rome Capital
Name of the camp Location of locality Present-day country Date of establishment Date of disestablishment Estimated number of prisoners Estimated number of deaths Bakar: Bakar: Croatia 31 December 1942 1 July 1943 893 [12] 100–120 [13] Bolzano: South Tyrol: Italy September 8, 1943 April 29 and May 3, 1945 11,000 Campagna: Salerno: Italy 15 ...