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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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JakobusPilger
March 15, 2025
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As memorials to the countless war dead, such sites – usually referred to as "war cemeteries" or "military cemeteries" – remain very important to this day. "Now, Lord, you let …
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•Lorenzo 🚵🏕🏳️🌈
April 21, 2024
Cycling
Every time I pass by the cemetery I feel a strong emotion: over 400 very young Canadians, many of them barely of age, died over 8000 km from home to free us from fascism.
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•Martina | spintheworld_marti
August 16, 2023
Cycling
Here rest over 400 Canadian soldiers who lost their lives in 1943 in battles against Italian troops (who put up little resistance) and German troops (whose opposition was more vigorous). The memorial stones are all the same regardless of the military rank of the fallen.
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Elevation 520 m