Futapass German military cemetery, War cemetery at Futa Pass in Firenzuola, Italy
The cemetery spans 12 hectares with 16,000 granite headstones distributed across 72 natural lawns, surrounded by a 2000-meter spiral wall with 67 crosses.
The cemetery holds 30,653 German soldiers who died during World War II, with many casualties from the Gothic Line battles in late August 1944.
German architect Dieter Oesterlen designed the memorial site with Walter Rossow and Ernst Cramer, incorporating a Court of Honor and pyramid-like peak structure.
The cemetery rests at the summit of Futa Pass in the Apennines, accessible via Via San Lacopo a Castro 59a in the Traversa district of Tuscany.
A special crypt called the Cervia Room contains preserved gravestones from the former war cemetery at Cervia, maintaining connection with the original burial sites.
Location: Firenzuola
Inception: June 28, 1969
Architects: Dieter Oesterlen
Address: strada statale passo della Futa
Website: https://comune.firenzuola.fi.it/it/vivere/756476?category_id=433065
GPS coordinates: 44.09613,11.27205
Latest update: July 30, 2025 05:54
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