Monument to the victims of the 1944 Massacre
In San Terenzo Monti, a monument by sculptor Pietro Cascella was placed to commemorate the tragedy
San Terenzo Monti, in the territory of Fivizzano, was the scene of a vicious Nazi-Fascist massacre that cost the lives of 159 civilians. A monument by sculptor Pietro Cascella was placed in memory of the tragedy.
The sculptural work, inaugurated by President of the Italian Republic Oscar Luigi Scalfaro on May 12, 1997, is located in the locality of San Terenzo called "I Pini", adjacent to a field of olive trees, about 200 meters from the Museum of the Massacre, and commemorates precisely the innocent victims of the massacre, which occurred on August 19, 1944. Made entirely of white Carrara marble, it consists of a column surmounted by irregularly shaped geometric elements representing a stylized flower rising, a symbol of rebirth and life amid the rubble and death of extermination.
A short distance away, on a small white marble memorial stone, is the dedication of the citizens of San Terenzo Monti to the victims of the massacre and an exhortation to the passerby to listen to their silent invocation. Also at the site there is a large granite slab bearing the names of the victims.
