Italy 1943–1945
Rimini Gurkha War Cemetery, Cerasolo
Commonwealth (Indian Army) war cemetery
The story
A quiet cemetery of 618 soldiers of the Indian Army, many of them Gurkhas, who died in the autumn 1944 fighting around Rimini and San Marino. It also holds the Rimini Cremation Memorial, one of three in Italy, naming 172 soldiers of the Indian Army whose bodies were cremated in accordance with their faith.
What to look for
Look for the cremation memorial and the Nepali names on the Gurkha headstones; San Marino rises to the south-west.
Plan your visit
Via Consolare Rimini–San Marino, Cerasolo (Coriano); free, open access.
- Open
- Permanently open; may be visited at any time
- Access
- Wheelchair access via an alternative entrance
Checked September 2026 from official sources: cwgc.org. Things change, so check before you travel.
Nearby sites
- Coriano Ridge War Cemetery · 5 km
- Rimini — the liberated city · 6 km
- Gemmano — "the Cassino of the Adriatic" · 12 km
- Montegridolfo and the Museo della Linea dei Goti · 20 km
- Gradara War Cemetery · 20 km
- Museo della Battaglia del Senio, Alfonsine · 69 km
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Into Europe: Italy 1943–1945
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. 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.
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