Battlefield sites

Italy 1943–1945: all 96 sites

The places of the Allied campaign in Italy, from the Sicily landings of July 1943 through Salerno, the Winter Line, Ortona, Cassino and Anzio, Rome, the Gothic Line and the final battles on the Senio and the Po in April 1945.

Trip ideas: Monte Cassino & Anzio sites to visit · Sicily 1943: WWII sites to visit

Sicily

• Landing beaches, LicataLanding beach
• Gela seafront and pier, GelaLanding beach
• Piano Lupo crossroads, near GelaBattlefield
• 82nd Airborne memorial, Ponte DirilloMemorial
• Bark West beach, MauciniLanding beach
• Operation Husky monument, PachinoMemorial
• Syracuse War Cemetery, SyracuseWar cemetery (CWGC)
• Ponte Grande, SyracuseBridge
• Primosole Bridge, Simeto riverBridge and memorial
• Catania War Cemetery, CataniaWar cemetery (CWGC)
• Museo Storico dello Sbarco in Sicilia 1943, CataniaMuseum
• German War Cemetery, Motta Sant'AnastasiaWar cemetery (Volksbund)
• Centuripe, EnnaViewpoint · Hill town
• Agira Canadian War Cemetery, AgiraWar cemetery (CWGC)
• Robert Capa Photography Museum, TroinaMuseum
• San Fratello ridge, San FratelloViewpoint · Battlefield
• Landing beach, Sant'Agata di MilitelloLanding beach
• Monte Cipolla, BroloBattlefield
• Sacrario di Cristo Re, MessinaMilitary shrine
• Capo Peloro, Torre FaroCoastline

Calabria & Salerno

• Baytown landing shore, Gallico–Catona (Reggio Calabria)Landing beach
• US 36th Division monument, Paestum beachMemorial
• Temples and museum of PaestumArchaeological site
• Altavilla Silentina and Hill 424Viewpoint
• Sele–Calore corridor, near Ponte BarizzoBattlefield (drive-through)
• Salerno War Cemetery, Bivio Pratole (Montecorvino Pugliano)CWGC war cemetery
• Museo dello Sbarco e Salerno Capitale, SalernoMuseum

Naples & the Winter Line

• Monument to the Four Days of Naples, Piazza della RepubblicaMemorial
• Galleria Borbonica air-raid shelter, NaplesMuseum / shelter
• Naples War Cemetery, MianoCWGC war cemetery
• Royal Palace of Caserta (Reggia)Palace / museum · Allied HQ
• Caserta War CemeteryCWGC war cemetery
• Volturno crossing, Capua–TrifliscoRiver crossing
• Italian military shrine and museum, Mignano Monte LungoItalian war cemetery & museum
• San Pietro Infine: ruined village and Parco della Memoria StoricaRuined village & museum

The Adriatic: Sangro & Ortona

• Sangro River War Cemetery, Torino di SangroCWGC war cemetery
• Moro River Canadian War Cemetery, San DonatoCWGC war cemetery
• Casa Berardi, Contrada Alboreto (Ortona)Battle site (private)
• Ortona old town and MUBA battle museumTown battlefield & museum
• Santa Maria di Costantinopoli, OrtonaChurch

Cassino & the Garigliano

• Minturno War Cemetery, Marina di MinturnoWar cemetery (Commonwealth)
• Garigliano crossing and Real Ferdinando bridge, MinturnoBattlefield
• Museo Linea Gustav, CastelforteMuseum
• Monte Maio and the Aurunci mountains, near AusoniaViewpoint
• 36th Division memorials and the Rapido, Sant'Angelo in TheodiceMemorial and battlefield
• French Military Cemetery, VenafroWar cemetery (French)
• Abbey of Monte CassinoAbbey
• Polish War Cemetery and Memorial Museum, Monte CassinoWar cemetery (Polish) and museum
• Point 593 memorial, Monte CassinoBattlefield and memorial
• Rocca Janula (Castle Hill), CassinoCastle and battlefield
• Historiale museum, CassinoMuseum
• Cassino War Cemetery and MemorialWar cemetery (Commonwealth)
• German War Cemetery, CairaWar cemetery (German)

Anzio & Rome

• Piana delle Orme museum, near LatinaMuseum
• Rangers memorial, Isola Bella near CisternaMemorial
• Aprilia ('the Factory') and the Via AnziateBattlefield
• Beach Head War Cemetery, AnzioWar cemetery (Commonwealth)
• Anzio War CemeteryWar cemetery (Commonwealth)
• Museo dello Sbarco di Anzio (Villa Adele)Museum
• Museo dello Sbarco Alleato, Forte Sangallo, NettunoMuseum
• Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, NettunoWar cemetery (American)
• Mausoleo delle Fosse Ardeatine, RomeMemorial and museum
• Museo storico della Liberazione, Via TassoMuseum
• Porta San Paolo, RomeBattle site and memorial
• Rome War Cemetery, TestaccioWar cemetery (Commonwealth)
• Portico d'Ottavia and the Jewish GhettoMemorial site
• Piazza del Campidoglio, RomeLiberation site
• Via Rasella, RomeResistance site

Trasimene & Florence

• Trasimene Line viewpoint, Castiglione del LagoBattlefield
• Arezzo War Cemetery, IndicatoreCommonwealth war cemetery
• Florence War Cemetery, GironeCommonwealth war cemetery
• Ponte Vecchio and the demolished quarter, FlorenceHistoric bridge
• Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria, FlorenceCivic palace

The Gothic Line & Bologna

• Florence American Cemetery, TavarnuzzeAmerican war cemetery
• MuGot — Museo Gotica Toscana, PonzallaMuseum
• Il Giogo Pass and Monte AltuzzoBattlefield
• German War Cemetery, Futa PassGerman war cemetery
• Brazilian Votive Monument, PistoiaKey site · Brazil · FEB cemetery 1944–1960
• Sant'Anna di Stazzema National Park of PeaceKey site · Civilians · 12 Aug 1944
• Sommocolonia — Lieutenant Fox memorialKey site · US 92nd Division · 26 Dec 1944
• Monte Sole Historical Park — CasagliaMemorial site
• Sacrario dei Caduti, MarzabottoMemorial crypt
• Sacrario dei Partigiani, Piazza del Nettuno, BolognaMemorial

Rimini, the Senio & the Po

• Polish War Cemetery, Bologna (San Lazzaro)Polish war cemetery
• Gradara War CemeteryCommonwealth war cemetery
• Montegridolfo and the Museo della Linea dei GotiBattlefield and museum
• Gemmano — "the Cassino of the Adriatic"Battlefield
• Coriano Ridge War CemeteryCommonwealth war cemetery
• Rimini Gurkha War Cemetery, CerasoloCommonwealth (Indian Army) war cemetery
• Rimini — the liberated cityTown
• Museo della Battaglia del Senio, AlfonsineMuseum
• Lake Comacchio — the commandos' battlefieldBattlefield
• Argenta Gap War CemeteryCommonwealth war cemetery
• Argenta — the GapTown and battlefield
• The Po at Pontelagoscuro, FerraraRiver crossing
• San Benedetto Po — the 10th Mountain crossingRiver crossing