Soldatenfriedhof Amras, Military cemetery in Amras district, Innsbruck, Austria.
Soldatenfriedhof Amras is a military cemetery in Innsbruck containing nine grave sections marked A through J, separated by main pathways throughout the grounds. The site is bordered by scattered coniferous trees and maintains organized rows of individual memorials.
The cemetery was founded in 1917 during World War I to honor fallen soldiers of that conflict. It was later expanded after 1945 to accommodate those who died in World War II.
The sections follow the soldiers' origins. In the Muslim part, east-facing stone stelae carry red-and-black fezzes and small name plaques for soldiers of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian regiments of the Austro-Hungarian army. The Italian graves bear uniform cast-stone crosses, and the cast-stone pillars of that enclosure are topped with Italian infantry helmets.
The rectangular grounds lie south of the Ostfriedhof, bounded by Wiesengasse to the north and Amraser Straße to the east; the Ostfriedhof extension of 1985 adjoins on the west. Two axial main paths cross the site and side paths divide it into nine grave fields, A to J. The Russian section sits in the northwest, the Italian section has its own gated enclosure.
The Italian section's 1920 memorial by Natale Tommasi is crowned by a copper tent roof with a stone cross. White marble relief friezes on the architrave show the equipment of the four branches of arms, and the east side carries the coat of arms of Savoy, while north and south bear the Savoy knot.
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