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Museum, 1967
Sacrario militare dei Caduti Oltremare
Building in Bari, Italy
Bari (BA), Puglia (Apulia)
At a glance
- Type
- Museum
- Period
- Modern era, 1967
- Architect
- Paolo Caccia Dominioni
- Area
- 500 m²
- Protection
- Italian national heritage
- Coordinates
- 41°06′32″ N, 16°54′15″ E
- Address
- Via Giovanni Gentile, 31 - Bari
About
The Sacrario dei Caduti Oltremare (War Memorial of the Fallen Overseas) is a World War II memorial located in the city of Bari, in the Apulia region of Southern Italy. The shrine, inaugurated in 1967, houses the remains of 75,098 Italian soldiers killed overseas (North Africa, East Africa and the Balkans) in both World Wars as well as in Italy's colonial wars (most of those buried in the shrine died in World War II).
The burials, of whom 29,051 are known, 5,675 known but not identified, and 40,372 unknown, are divided in ten sectors, each of them corresponding to a different theatre and/or time period: Jugoslavia 1940–1945, Libya 1911–1939, Libya 1940–1943, Albania 1915–1918, Greece and Albania 1940–1945, Morocco 1940–1943, East Africa, Tunisia 1940–1943, Algeria 1940–1943, North Africa 1940–1943.
Text from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Full article: «Sacrario militare dei Caduti Oltremare».
Timeline
- 1967Founded
Events and people from Wikidata (CC0).
Photos
Getting there
Distances are as the crow flies, not walking or driving.
Nearby
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- Free 1st Sunday
- Free 1st Sunday
- UNESCO
Frequently asked questions
Where is Sacrario militare dei Caduti Oltremare?
Sacrario militare dei Caduti Oltremare is in Bari, in the province of Bari (Puglia (Apulia)), Italy. Address: Via Giovanni Gentile, 31 - Bari. GPS coordinates: 41.10903, 16.90417.
How old is Sacrario militare dei Caduti Oltremare?
Wikidata dates it to 1967.
What else is there to see near Sacrario militare dei Caduti Oltremare?
Nearby you’ll find: Palazzo della Provincia (2.3 km away), Teatro Kursaal Santalucia (2.9 km away), Palazzo dell'Acqua (3 km away).
Sources and licences
Text. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Data. Wikidata (CC0); opening hours and contacts OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Photos. Wikimedia Commons, author and licence on every image.
Credits for the 5 photos
- Sacrario militare di Bari — Ffbio87, CC0
- Cadutibari — Fabio Cianciola, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Sacrariodestra — Fabio Cianciola, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Sacrariosinistra — Fabio Cianciola, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museobari1 — Fabio Cianciola, CC BY-SA 3.0
Updated 28 October 2026. All sources and licences