Italy 1943–1945
Via Rasella, Rome
Resistance site
The story
Here on 23 March 1944 partisans of the GAP set off a bomb hidden in a rubbish cart as a column of the German police regiment 'Bozen' marched past. Thirty-three policemen and several civilians died. The attack led directly to the Fosse Ardeatine massacre the next day.
What to look for
Walk up the steep, narrow street near the Quattro Fontane crossroads; the attack took place outside Palazzo Tittoni.
Plan your visit
Near Barberini metro (Line A). A residential street: please be discreet.
Nearby sites
- Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome · 1 km
- Portico d'Ottavia and the Jewish Ghetto · 1 km
- Museo storico della Liberazione, Via Tasso · 2 km
- Porta San Paolo, Rome · 3 km
- Rome War Cemetery, Testaccio · 3 km
- Mausoleo delle Fosse Ardeatine, Rome · 5 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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