Sangro River War Cemetery
Sangro River War Cemetery is a British and Commonwealth war cemetery sited by a hillside near Torino di Sangro in the Province of Chieti, Italy. In this cemetery are buried 2,542 soldiers from the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth who died in World War II defending the shoreline near the Sangro River against the retreating German soldiers on the Winter Line.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery located in Italy
- Also known as: “Cimitero di Guerra Inglese Fiume Sangro”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sangro River Cremation Memorial and Riserva naturale regionale Lecceta di Torino di Sangro.
Sangro River Cremation Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Lucadideo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sangro River Cremation Memorial is situated 130 metres southwest of Sangro River War Cemetery.
Riserva naturale regionale Lecceta di Torino di Sangro
Nature reserve
Photo: Zitumassin, Public domain.
Riserva naturale regionale Lecceta di Torino di Sangro is a nature reserve.
Torino di Sangro railway station
Building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Torino di Sangro railway station is a building, which is situated 2 km northeast of Sangro River War Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Morge and Rocca San Giovanni.
Le Morge
Locality
Le Morge is a frazione on the Adriatic Sea in the Province of Chieti, in the Abruzzo region of eastern Italy. Le Morge is situated 4 km east of Sangro River War Cemetery.
Rocca San Giovanni
Village
Rocca San Giovanni is a comune and town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia. Rocca San Giovanni is situated 7 km northwest of Sangro River War Cemetery.
Sangro River War Cemetery
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery and burial
- Location: Torino di Sangro, Chieti, Abruzzo, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
42.21809° or 42° 13′ 5″ northLongitude
14.53582° or 14° 32′ 9″ eastElevation
121 metres (397 feet)Open location code
8FJP6G9P+68OpenStreetMap ID
way 464682988OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noGeoNames ID
11189151Wikidata ID
Q3676873
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“Sangro River War Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cemetery Sangro River”
- Italian: “Cemetery Sangro River”
- Italian: “Cimitero di Guerra del Commonwealth Fiume Sangro”
- Italian: “cimitero militare britannico di Torino di Sangro”
- Italian: “Cimitero militare britannico di Torino di Sangro”
- Italian: “Cimitero militare britannico”
- Italian: “Sangro River War Cemetery”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sangro River War Cemetery”. Photo: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.