Monument to Captain Eugenio Niccolai
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Location: Gallio, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
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On the Asiago plateau, not far from Col de Rosso, there is this pyramid-shaped monument. It is dedicated to the memory of Captain Eugenio Nicolai, hero of the Sassari Brigade and Gold Medal for Military Valor, who died in these very areas in 1918, during the First World War.
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•November 11, 2024
CIPPO DI NICCOLAI: monument erected in memory of Eugenio Niccolai, Captain of the Sassari Brigade who fell on 31 January 1918 in the First Battle of the "Three Mountains" (Valbella, Col del Rosso and Col d'Echele), which was decisive in halting the advance of the Austro-Hungarian army towards the Vicenza plain below.
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