The Montello shrine is one of the main ossuaries that collect the remains of the Italian fallen during the First World War. The shrine stands at the eastern end of the Montello at an altitude of 176 m in the municipality of Nervesa della Battaglia. It collects the remains of 9,325 (initially there were 9,316) Italian soldiers (of which 6,099 identified and 3,226 unknown), previously buried in approximately one hundred and twenty cemeteries scattered along the Piave front.