The monument is a war memorial to commemorate the dead of the first world war.

The monument structure is of granite, with a base 16m long and 15m high. On the two sides there are two statues made in bronze representing a soldier and a winged victory. The higher part is crowned by four bas-relief in bronze, representing: the three Parcae (the three Roman divinities who decided the fate and the length of a man’s life); a dying soldier held by a female figure (probably his mother); a farming scene and soldiers fighting; a group of fighting men with arch.

The artist who created this monument is Alberto Bazzoni (1889-1973).

The realisation was promoted by the city political institutions, in particular by the Fascist women associations

The monument is located inside the city contest, between an important public square and the public garden

The monument is the consequence of the cult of the war dead necessary to the fascist government to assert the myth of war experience and of motherland. The slogan promoting the initiative was: “Men pass, stones remain” or “History is made from the books and works of art”.

The monument has never been moved