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6.2 Memorial Practices and Dark Tourism in the post-wwi Period
Figure 6.2
Monument of Nazario
Sauro in the Fascist
Magazine Credere
e Vincere (F. A., 1941, p. 1)
that there were a total of 125,000 participants in Istria.²⁰ All events in Pula
were carried out (also) in the Arena amphitheatre, the symbol of the city’s
Roman and Latin culture. In addition, the author (p. 131) states that during
the days of triumph in May, precisely, on 6 May, ‘students of the Alessan-
dro Manzoni school organised a visit to the Marine Cemetery, where
flowers were laid on the tombs of local fascist heroes and those from
wwi,’ which was of a strong memorial nature;²¹ a number of school ex-
cursions were organised to the former Karst battlefield (Todero, 2010) and
mountain battlefields (‘Turismo Scolastico Capodistriano’, 1922), which
was not only an Italian peculiarity in post-war Europe – for some other
²⁰ Despite this, Slavic newspapers, e.g. Istra, reported on the involuntary participation of
the Slavic people and also on the diversionist actions of Slavic activists (Orlović, 2014a).
²¹ Since this was a visit within the local community, this action cannot be considered in the
context of dark tourism.
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Figure 6.2
Monument of Nazario
Sauro in the Fascist
Magazine Credere
e Vincere (F. A., 1941, p. 1)
that there were a total of 125,000 participants in Istria.²⁰ All events in Pula
were carried out (also) in the Arena amphitheatre, the symbol of the city’s
Roman and Latin culture. In addition, the author (p. 131) states that during
the days of triumph in May, precisely, on 6 May, ‘students of the Alessan-
dro Manzoni school organised a visit to the Marine Cemetery, where
flowers were laid on the tombs of local fascist heroes and those from
wwi,’ which was of a strong memorial nature;²¹ a number of school ex-
cursions were organised to the former Karst battlefield (Todero, 2010) and
mountain battlefields (‘Turismo Scolastico Capodistriano’, 1922), which
was not only an Italian peculiarity in post-war Europe – for some other
²⁰ Despite this, Slavic newspapers, e.g. Istra, reported on the involuntary participation of
the Slavic people and also on the diversionist actions of Slavic activists (Orlović, 2014a).
²¹ Since this was a visit within the local community, this action cannot be considered in the
context of dark tourism.
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