Italy 2008.

Mostonian · 10-06-2007, 10:11 AM

We're off there next year. Salerno, Cassino, Anzio, Rome areas.
Are there any must sees you know of, or hidden gems you'd care to share?
Thanks in advance.

Ron Goldstein · 10-06-2007, 10:43 AM

Hi
Have a look at:BBC - WW2 People's War - Return to Cassino
and come back to me for any help
Regards
Ron

Peter Clare · 10-06-2007, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mostonian1

We're off there next year. Salerno, Cassino, Anzio, Rome areas.
Are there any must sees you know of, or hidden gems you'd care to share?
Thanks in advance.

Sounds like a good tour

Paul Reed · 10-06-2007, 11:56 AM

Hi - I am also going back to Italy in 2008, probably May or June.

You might find these pages of my website of interest:

Italian Battlefields of WW2 - Italy Battlefield Guide

Tom Canning · 23-04-2008, 10:38 PM

Paul - I note that you are planning a return trip to Italy this year - hopefully you will be extending your last visit to Urbino and your visit to Coriano Ridge - Gradara etc - if you can try Ancona - Gurkha at Rimini -Montecchio - Cesena as some of our lads of 21st Tank bde are there - Ravenna where the Canadians are also there as well as Coriano- most visitors head for Cassino and Anzio - quite rightly but the other areas can use a few visits like Assisi - Orvieto - Arezzo - Florence - Castiglione where the Sth Africans are - too many cemetery's I know but they could all use visits

Paul Reed · 24-04-2008, 12:40 AM

Hi Tom - we are mainly doing the 'central' area` this time - Anzio, Cassino, Minturno etc. We won't be going up to Urbino on this trip - am aiming to do that next time.

Tom Canning · 24-04-2008, 06:12 PM

Paul - If you have a few minutes at Anzio - pop into the Church of Many Graces at Nettuno- it's just off the beach - where you will see an excellent piece of history - it is a Madonna and Child above the main altar which was sent out from the U.K. at the beginning of the Reformation for safety to Naples - the ship was sunk and the statue washed up on the Nettuno beach and was promptly installed in the church - in the crypt is the tomb of the Saint Marie Goretti whose killer appeared at her canonisation by Pope Pius X11 in the 50's after he was released from prison - the killer I mean ! !
I recall our visit there in 2000 - vividly - as when my wife was coming out of the
Church - she slipped - fell and broke her tib and fib - we flew back to the U.K. for surgery before finally flying back to Canada - took a whole year to get 100% once more !

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Mostonian Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Manchester, England. Posts: 86	Italy 2008. We're off there next year. Salerno, Cassino, Anzio, Rome areas. Are there any must sees you know of, or hidden gems you'd care to share? Thanks in advance.

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Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London, England Posts: 701	Hi Have a look at:BBC - WW2 People's War - Return to Cassino and come back to me for any help Regards Ron __________________ If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Rabbi Hillel circa 30 BCE I was "Called-up" in Oct 1942 Served as a Wireless-Op with the 49th LAA (78 Div) from Apr 1943 to Dec 1944 (North Africa,Sicily,Italy, Egypt). The Regiment was disbanded in Dec 1944 and I was retrained (in Italy) by the Royal Armoured Corps. Served as a Loader-Op with the 4th QOH from Mar 1945 to Jan 1946 (Italy, Austria, Germany) Finished up as Tech Cpl for "A" Sqdrn. I was "De-mobbed" in Apr 1947

10-06-2007, 11:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France Posts: 2,861	Hi - I am also going back to Italy in 2008, probably May or June. You might find these pages of my website of interest: Italian Battlefields of WW2 - Italy Battlefield Guide __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

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Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France Posts: 2,861	Hi Tom - we are mainly doing the 'central' area` this time - Anzio, Cassino, Minturno etc. We won't be going up to Urbino on this trip - am aiming to do that next time. __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

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23-04-2008, 10:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tom Canning WW2 Veteran Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 303	Paul - I note that you are planning a return trip to Italy this year - hopefully you will be extending your last visit to Urbino and your visit to Coriano Ridge - Gradara etc - if you can try Ancona - Gurkha at Rimini -Montecchio - Cesena as some of our lads of 21st Tank bde are there - Ravenna where the Canadians are also there as well as Coriano- most visitors head for Cassino and Anzio - quite rightly but the other areas can use a few visits like Assisi - Orvieto - Arezzo - Florence - Castiglione where the Sth Africans are - too many cemetery's I know but they could all use visits

24-04-2008, 06:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
Tom Canning WW2 Veteran Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 303	Paul - If you have a few minutes at Anzio - pop into the Church of Many Graces at Nettuno- it's just off the beach - where you will see an excellent piece of history - it is a Madonna and Child above the main altar which was sent out from the U.K. at the beginning of the Reformation for safety to Naples - the ship was sunk and the statue washed up on the Nettuno beach and was promptly installed in the church - in the crypt is the tomb of the Saint Marie Goretti whose killer appeared at her canonisation by Pope Pius X11 in the 50's after he was released from prison - the killer I mean ! ! I recall our visit there in 2000 - vividly - as when my wife was coming out of the Church - she slipped - fell and broke her tib and fib - we flew back to the U.K. for surgery before finally flying back to Canada - took a whole year to get 100% once more !

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