On September 14th, the Lido Spineta in Battipaglia will host the reenactment of Operation Avalanche, an event that aims to commemorate the historic landing in Salerno in 1943 and highlight the crucial role of Battipaglia. The bulk of the troops, the English contingent, landed on our beaches, and part of the German defensive strategy was concentrated on Battipaglia, so much so that it was alternately taken and reconquered by the English and Germans.
Events Program
9 September 11:00 CMWG – Commonwealth Cemetery – Montecorvino Pugliano Ceremony in memory of the fallen
10-13 September at the headquarters of the Mubat association (at Albergo Riviera Spineta) Summer School “Il Patrimonio ReImmaginato” V edition of “Emersione digitale”
14 September 20:00 – Lido Spineta – Re-enactment and Radio Onda
14 October 14:00 – at the University of Salerno – Conference “Occupied Spaces” organized by the 9 September study center and the magazine “Occupied Italy”
Other initiatives
We are organizing an exhibition on the period 43-44 because it was precisely following the landing that the Italian and Greek governments settled in Salerno and Cava de Tirreni respectively and we want to remember these events of which this year marks the eightieth anniversary.
The Erasmus+ aMemoria project with the Besta Gloriosi Institute and Jaume Mimò of Barcelona
In autumn will take in place an initiative dedicated to children, planned as part of the aMemoria project that collaborates with Avalanche.
School children from Battipaglia and Barcelona will visit the Italgas Heritage Lab and the CDEC at the Shoah Memorial in Milan to learn the secrets of the digital transformation of Cultural Heritage.
image: THE ALLIED LANDINGS IN ITALY, SEPTEMBER 1943: REGGIO, TARANTO AND SALERNO (NA 6630) Salerno, 9 September 1943 (Operation Avalanche): British troops and vehicles from 128 Brigade, 46th Division are unloaded from LST 383 onto the beaches. Copyright: © IWM.