Torre dei Caduti, Memorial tower in Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Bergamo, Italy
The Torre dei Caduti is a memorial tower on Piazza Vittorio Veneto in Bergamo rising around 45 meters high. The sandstone structure features a large clock decorated with wind allegories and bronze sculptures, with interior floors displaying engraved names.
Construction began in 1922 to a design by Marcello Piacentini on the prato di Sant'Alessandro, site of the ancient Sant'Alessandro fair, and the tower was inaugurated on 27 October 1924 with a speech by Mussolini. It was built to honour Bergamo's war dead and to promote unitary nationalism, and it marked the lower city's rise as the political and administrative centre.
The name means Tower of the Fallen, referring to those whose names are carved into the monument. The inscriptions shape how visitors experience the square as a place of remembrance for Bergamo's losses.
The tower stands at the start of Sentierone, about 750 meters from Bergamo railway station and near the bus stop on Viale Roma. The plaza is easily accessible on foot and sits in the heart of the city center.
The bronze Italia Vittoriosa, by Alfredo Faino, emerges from a niche directly below the Zandobbio marble clock, holding Victory in her right hand and a sheathed sword in her left. Below her, two putti in the window lunette support Bergamo's coat of arms, and reliefs of Admiral Paolo Thaon di Revel and General Armando Diaz top the scene.
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