Quaderni, Vol. XXXVII No. 1, 2026.
Original scientific paper
MONUMENTALISATION OF THE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT IN THE JULIAN MARCH: REFLECTIONS AND CASE STUDIES
Gabriele Mastrolillo
; Università degli Studi di Trieste, IRSREC FVG Trieste-Italia
Abstract
The paper explores the monumentalisation of the Resistance Movement carried out
in the part of the Julian March that remained under Italian control after the difficult
Second postwar. From the immediate postwar period well into the 1970s, numerous
monuments of various types were built to commemorate the partisan struggle that
took place in the provinces of Trieste and Gorizia, as well as in the areas of the Julian
March that passed under Yugoslav control. These monuments were “living” and
“moving” because they were built “from below” by local communities and Partisan
associations (in Italy, the National Association of Italian Partisans - ANPI) that formed
committees tasked with coordinating the construction of particular monuments that
have remained at the centre of public commemorations to this day, especially on the
occasion of anniversaries such as 25 April and 1 May.
Following the introductory comparison of the monumentalisation of the Resistance
Movement with that of the First World War in the Julian March, the paper focuses
on the description of events that triggered the construction of some of the most
important monuments in the part of the Julian March that remained in Italy, drawing
on archival materials, publications of the Trieste and Gorizia branches of the ANPI,
memoirs and brochures produced by monument construction committees.
Keywords
Venezia Giulia, monumentalisation of the war, Resistance, partisan struggle, ANPI
Hrčak ID:
353240
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Publication date:
12.11.2026.
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