Ossario di San Martino della Battaglia

Unmissable but terribly sad

The chapel and ossuary are simple but are a powerful reminder of the human cost of wars. The Bones displayed in the ossuary are a tiny representation of the number of soldiers who died in the Battle ...

Enemies and friends rest together

Inside the homonymous chapel of San Martino, behind the altar, countless bones and skulls to sad memory of the bloody battle that took place here in 1859, are the skulls and bones of Italian and Austr...

Noble chapel of the Treccani counts

Immersed in the greenery and preceded by several monuments representative of the army corps that clashed here in 1859, in this small church with a very simple exterior and interior, the poor remains o...

Memento mori

A true place to commemorate the dead and contemplate life. Maybe not something high on the list of holiday activities, but certainly worth a visit. The fallen of the San Martino and Solferino battle o...

Beautiful and spiritual place

Beautiful building, it was peaceful and serene. We visited in the evening and it was dimly lit which added to the atmosphere. It was very spiritual