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In this locations, the British and the Italian armies faced together the Austro-Hungarians. This location and the river Piave are particularly interesting in the scenario of the three main battles of the last year of the Great War: the First Piave Battle (November 1917), the Battle of the Solstice (known as Battle of Middle June 1918) and the final Battle of Vittorio Veneto, that led to the Armistice between Italy and Central Powers. After the notorious rout of Caporetto (October 1917), the river Piave became the Italian extreme defensive front.
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Maserada sul Piave is a small town in the North-East of Italy (Venice area), located in the middle course of the river Piave. (We thank the President of CEDOS, Sergio Tazzer, who sent us some photos to share with our readers in the coming days on a dedicated post.) Polo di Piave from Thursday to Saturday 15.00-19.00 and on Sundays already Opened on last 13th December and will run till 11th January 2015. Sometimes serene – interaction between these two worlds is depicted in the The suffering and the famine, the hard work and the despair that the civilians But also the local population is not neglected: the exhibition commemorates OfĬourse the bitter logic of the war comes to light, with its trenches, battles, woundedĪnd fighting soldiers, with its strategic plans and the works behind the front Multifarious situations of the everyday life of these places at those years. The Italian territories occupied by the Austrian Army and depict the Most of the 143 photos on display were shot on the battle fields and in Italian retreat came to a precarious equilibrium of forces in autumn-winterġ917. Which actually traced the front line as soon as Italy entered the WWI in 1915 –Īnd the Piave – where after the rout of Caporetto the Austrian advance and the Two rivers mark the virtual contours of the exhibition, the Isonzo – A selection of these images are now at the centre of a newĮxhibition which celebrates the soldiers’ life at the front. The Austrian Army when it occupied Friuli and part of Veneto after the rout ofĬaporetto.
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Vienna, where he collected in the city war archive a series of photos taken by Of WWI pictures with the intent to preserve and valorize this visual material.īucciol, who is still active member of the CEDOS, lived for a long period in In conjunction with the donation by Eugenio Bucciol of an important collection Great War with a strong focus on photography. Historical research on the Great War) of San Polo di Piave is a small but livelyĬultural association that promotes studies and events around the legacy of the
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Austrian soldiers walk across the Grave di Papadopoli