Parco ex Cimitero militare di Ca' Gamba
Parco ex Cimitero militare di Ca' Gamba is a quiet public park in Jesolo, surrounded by sections of a former military cemetery wall. The remaining greenery holds a stone marker, old inscriptions and traces of a place shaped by the First World War.
Established in 1917, the cemetery received soldiers killed in battles around the lower Piave, including Cortellazzo and Caposile. Monsignor Costante Chimeton counted about 1,000 graves, while local accounts suggested as many as 6,000. In 1921, an unknown soldier was chosen here for burial at Rome’s Altare della Patria, before later exhumations removed the Italian and Austro-Hungarian remains.
The abandoned site became a farmyard during the 1960s, with animals moving among the neglected graves. Today, the park honours Chico Mendes, while vegetation covers some sections and limits access. One lasting detail is the old stonework, where names and inscriptions still recall soldiers from different regiments and battles.
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