Italy 1943–1945
Sant'Anna di Stazzema National Park of Peace
Key site · Civilians · 12 Aug 1944
The story
The mountain village where about 560 civilians, most of them women, children and elderly, were killed by SS troops in a single morning. The whole village is now a memorial, with a museum, the church square and an ossuary monument above the coast.
What to look for
The church square where many were killed, the Via Crucis path and the ossuary monument overlooking the Versilia coast.
Plan your visit
- Price
- Museum entry free
Checked September 2026 from official sources: museiprovincialucca.it. Things change, so check before you travel.
Nearby sites
- Sommocolonia — Lieutenant Fox memorial · 22 km
- Brazilian Votive Monument, Pistoia · 54 km
- German War Cemetery, Futa Pass · 81 km
- Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze · 81 km
- Ponte Vecchio and the demolished quarter, Florence · 82 km
- Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria, Florence · 82 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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