Ossuary of Solferino

Ossuary of Solferino it is located inside the church of San pietro in Vincoli which can be reached along a beautiful cypress avenue that starts from Piazza Ossario next to the Risorgimento Museum

Ossuary of Solferino was purchased by the company Solferino and San Martino della Battaglia and then assigned it to ossuary. Here we are in 1413 and countless skulls bones of the fallen, kept in the apse of the church, the outside has been placed a bronze bust in memory of Napoleon III and a stone monument in memory of the French General Auger, injured at Ca Morino and died as a result of Castiglione delle Stiviere.