A nightly concert to remember the Battle of Caporetto in its centenary. The event will be held on Tuesday, October 24th, at 23.30 in Piazza XX Settembre, on stage the band's music band of the Parachute Brigade 'Folgore'.

 

The concert is part of the initiatives to celebrate the 'Centenary of World War I.'

 

The Battle of Caporetto was fought during the First World War between the Italian Southern Army and the Austro-Hungarian and German forces. At the helm of the Italian army General Luigi Cadorna, who after the defeat was replaced by Armando Diaz.

 

The clash, which began at 2 o'clock on 24th October 1917, is the most serious defeat in the history of the Italian army, so that the term Caporetto is still used today as a synonym of disastrous defeat.

 

A defeat that was an occasion for rebirth: the Italian units reorganized quite quickly and stopped the Austro-Hungarian troops and Germans in the subsequent first battle of Piave, defending the new defensive line on which Cadorna had fallen.