Austro-Hungarian military cemetery WW1, Prosecco

In November 1915 a field hospital began operations in Prosecco. The burials of those who died as a result of their injuries were initially carried out directly in the civil cemetery of Prosecco. In October 1916 steps were taken to construct two ad hoc cemeteries, one in the immediate vicinity of the civilian structure and the other the current Austro-Hungarian military cemetery of Prosecco- in a dolina or karst sink-hole near the provincial road connecting Aurisina and Prosecco,

The latter was reorganized on several occasions with the bodies of the fallen, originally buried in other cemeteries in Prosecco, Opicina, Banne, Basovizza, Doberdo and Piedimonte, being transferred in various phases. In recent years, the Österreichische Schwarze Kreuz (the Austrian association that takes care of the memory of soldiers killed in war) has provided for the installation of new crosses in cement, determining the cemetery’s present appearance.

The cemetery holds the bodies of 5,052 soldiers.

 

May 2025