Carbognano, Monument to the fallen soldiers
THE HISTORY
The monument was realized in the 30’s of the XX century and until 1940 it decorated the square of San Filippo Neri, placed in front of the homonymous church. Its presence is testified by the oral tradition and by Osvaldo Tartarini in his publication on Carbognano (R. CECCARELLI – O. TARTARINI, Carbognano, ieri, oggi e domani. 1940. p. 66.). He wrote: ““Poi c’è il monumento (dei Caduti). Ma presto lo toglieranno. Dove lo metteranno? Questo è il più grosso problema di Carbognano. As a matter of fact the displacement took place between 1947 and 1950, as handed down by oral tradition and as reported in the OA N° 1209845574, drawn up. by the Superintendence of Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Rome, Frosinone, Latina, Rieti and Viterbo. Since then, for reasons of traffic and public order it remained in its current location, near the hairpin bend on Via Fontana Vecchia, at the height of No. 2.
In the 90’s some modifications were made to the truncated pyramidal base made with Venetian tiles mixed with pieces of marble held together with cement, replaced with slabs of travertine.
The marble slab with the names of the fallen soldiers on the truncated pyramid base was moved and positioned on the high podium on which the obelisk rests.
Over time, in addition to the names of those who died in the 1915-1918 war, the names of those who died in the Second World War were also added and a few meters from the monument, on the back wall, another plaque commemorates those who died in peacetime.
DESCRIPTION
The monument is located inside a garden characterized by regular boxwood hedges and maritime pines. An iron gate delimits the area, inside which the obelisk makes a fine display. The peperino stone structure, which is not very large, is decorated in its lower part with stylized palm leaves. At the top of the obelisk is a bronze star.
The high podium on which the obelisk stands displays epigraphs in memory of the fallen.
On the visible side of the obelisk (upon entering) we find the words: “CARBOGNANO/AI SUOI FIGLIORI/ CADUTI PER LA PATRIA”.
The other faces of the base show each list of the deceased.
1 Epigraph left side: ” WAR 1915 – 1918 / AngelettiI Agostino / Bizzarri Vincenzo / Boni Luigi / Cecconi Sante / Cresca Filippo / Cristofori Caio / CristofORI Giuseppe / Lipperi Adolfo / Magrini benvenuto / MartinoZZi Elio / Mastro Giovanni Polidoro / Morelli Adolfo / Pandolfi Fernando / Gasparri Angelo / Innocenti Giuseppe / Pizzi Amilcare / Pizzi Giuseppe”.
2° Epigraph back side: ” Cosìmi Alessandro / Cristofori Filippo / Ferrelli Angelo / Marianl Evandro / Mariani Evaristo / Mariotti sesto / MarRIZardi Pompilio / Martinozzi Vincenzo / Marzoletti Luigi / MigliArini Icaro / Orlandi Vincenzo /Pignotti Domenico / Pignotti Giuseppe / Venanzi Filippo / Ceccarelli Giuseppe / PostiglionI armando / Bizzarri Romolo / Cosimi Fernando”.
3° Epigraph left side: “Colavalle EDmondo / Mechelli Serafino / Pantaleone Cirillo / Totorelli Giovanni / Guerra 1940-1945 / CIULA sesto / Cresca Angelo / PAccasaSsi Otello / Palmieri Dante / PostIGLIONI Quirino / Carosi Ennio / IGinI Luigi / Palmieri Cesare / Venanzi Francesco /Vigi antino”. The podium and obelisk rest on the base of a truncated pyramid structure in travertine that acts as a base.
Outside the monument on the left, attached to the back wall, a marble plaque commemorates those who died in peacetime. We find written: “CADUTI IN SERVICE / IN TIME OF PEACE / ART. CARDINI SERGIO 1937 – 1960 / C. C. CHIOSSI NELLO 1959 – 1995 / C. C. CAROSI NELLO 1945 – 1966 / ART FRATONI GIUSTINO 1935 – 1959 / A. M. PEDICA UMBERTO 1950 – 1970 / METR. TOTONIELLI VINCENZO”.
ESSENTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
R. CECCARELLI – O. TARTARINI, Carbognano, yesterday, today and tomorrow. 1940.
V. D’ARCANGELI, Carbognano in Tuscia Viterbese. Rome 1968.
R. INNOCENTI, Carbognano. Viterbo 2001.
F. MARTINELLI, Carbognano illustrated by Mr. Fioravante Martinelli. Rome, 1694.
G. SILVESTRELLI, Cities and castles and lands of the Roman region. Rome, 1940.
