Coriano Ridge War Cemetery | |
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Italian: Cimitero di guerra inglese | |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
For Allied soldiers deceased in 1944 | |
Established | April 1945 |
Location | 43°59′6.95″N 12°36′11.66″E / 43.9852639°N 12.6032389°E Via Piane 4 near |
Designed by | Louis de Soissons |
Total burials | 1,939 |
Unknowns | c. 50 |
Burials by nation | |
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Burials by war | |
World War II: 1,939 | |
1939 – 1945 The soil of this cemetery was donated by the Italian people for the eternal rest of the sailors, soldiers, and aviators whose memory is rendered honour here (in Italian) |
The Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, locally known as the English War Cemetery (Italian: Cimitero di guerra inglese),[1][2] is a Commonwealth military cemetery in Coriano, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy,[3] for Allied soldiers who died in the Second World War during the Allied advance through the Valconca and the battles of Coriano and Rimini.[1][4][5]
Managed by the Rome office of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission,[3][6] the cemetery numbers 1,939 burials,[1] of which approximately 50 are unidentified.[4] It is among Coriano's most notable tourist attractions.[7][8]