Monument to the fallen of Sabbiuno – Bologna 2025

This remembrance site is striking. It runs along the crest of the ravine from an isolated farmhouse to a curved wall on the ridge. The curved wall has been built as a symbolic representation of the firing squad. There are gaps in the wall where replica machine guns stick out. Between the farmhouse and ridge rest 53 staggered boulders. A close inspection reveals the names of the individuals who were tragically shot and were able to be identified. There is one additional boulder with no name which is dedicated to the forty-seven unidentified fallen. This striking monument was created by the Gruppo Architetti Città Nuova, and formed by Letizia Gelli Mazzucato, Umberto Maccaferri, and Gian Paolo Mazzucato, between 1972 and 1973.