Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno

Name: Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial
Address: Piazza John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1, Nettuno, 00048, Italy
Telephone: +39 06 988 0284

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Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial

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Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War II American military war grave cemetery, located in Nettuno, near Anzio, Italy. The cemetery, containing 7,858 American war dead, covers 77 acres and was dedicated in 1956. It is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. ()

Local name: Cimitero americano di Nettuno Established: 24 January 1944 (81 years ago)Coordinates: 41°27'57"N, 12°39'31"E

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Piazza John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1Nettuno 00048 Italy

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+39 06 988 0284

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Day trips

Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Paradiso sul mare, Capo d'Anzio Lighthouse, Forte Sangallo, Beach Head War Cemetery.

1.6 miSW
Historic walking areas, Palace
Paradiso sul mare, Anzio
40 min walk • Paradiso sul mare, Anzio, Italy, is an Art nouveau palace designed by the italian architect, Cesare Bazzani.
2.4 miSW
Lighthouse
Capo d'Anzio Lighthouse, Anzio
60 min walk • Capo d'Anzio Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the same name Cape on a rocky cliff overlooking the ruins of Nero's villa, close to the town of Anzio, Lazio on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
0.6 miS
Lookout, History museum, Military museum
Forte Sangallo, Nettuno
17 min walk • Forte Sangallo, also known as the Fortezza di Nettuno, is a Renaissance fortification built on the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the historic village of the City of Nettuno, in the south of Rome.
2 miNW
Cemetery
Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio
53 min walk • The Beach Head War Cemetery near Anzio is a Commonwealth cemetery of the Second World War. It contains graves resulting mostly from Operation Shingle and subsequent military actions in Italy.
6 miNE
Town, Archaeological site
Satricum, Latina
152 min walk • Satricum, an ancient town of Latium vetus, lay on the right bank of the Astura river some 60 kilometres SE of Rome in a low-lying region south of the Alban Hills, at the NW border of the Pontine Marshes.
2 miW
Cemetery
Anzio War Cemetery, Anzio
50 min walk • The Commonwealth of Nations Anzio War Cemetery is to be found about a kilometer from Anzio town in the Lazio region of Italy. It is located 70 kilometres south of Rome.
4.2 miNW
Town
Lavinio
108 min walk • Lavinio is a small sea side tourist town in the Lazio region of Italy, 50 kilometres southwest of Rome. It is part of the municipality of Anzio.
6.8 miSE
Forts and castles
Torre Astura, Nettuno
174 min walk • Torre Astura, formerly an island called by the ancients merely Astura, is now a peninsula in the comune of Nettuno, on the coast of Latium, Italy, at the southeast extremity of the Bay of Antium, on the road to Circeii.
1.7 miSW
Historical place, Ruins
Teatro Romano, Anzio
44 min walk • The Roman theater of Anzio is located on the plateau of Santa Teresa, just north of the town center: today it is a residential area, but in the past it was occupied by ancient Anzio, of which only a few traces remain.
3.8 miW
Tower
Tor Caldara
98 min walk • Tor di Caldano, also known as Tor della Caldane or Torre Caldara, is a coastal tower near Lavinio Lido di Enea in the municipality of Anzio, Rome province. It is included in the 44-hectare area forming part of the Tor Caldara Regional Nature...
3.7 miNW
Park
Riserva Naturale di Tor Caldara
95 min walk • The Tor Caldara Regional Nature Reserve is a protected natural area located in the municipality of Anzio and established in 1988 by a legislative measure of the Lazio Region.