Monument to the Alpini (Mountain Troops)

Il Monumento all'Alpino

Monument to the Alpini is in Piazza Brié and is made of a stone base and a bronze statue of an Alpino (i.e. a soldier belonging to the Italian Mountain Troops) on the top of it.

It was built in 1935 by Alpini and veterans, after a drawing of the architect Baldioli from Domodossola.

Since 1952 it has undergone a series of improvements and a votive lamp was added together with a commemorative plaque dictated by Captain Giuseppe Romano. In 1950, to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the local Alpini group, the motto “The heroes’ sunset will never fade into the night”.

In 2005 a commemorative stone dedicated to Italo Cavalli, the group leader of the Alpini from Malesco, was added.