Tenna Valley
Personal accounts from the Tenna Valley Trail in Italy, where participants retrace the routes taken by Allied POWs fleeing from camps after the September 1943 Italian armistice.
The trail follows valley paths through the Marche region, visiting villages where farming families hid escapers and memorials to those who gave their lives. Participants meet local historians and descendants who keep these stories alive.
The Experience
Reports document the stunning Apennine landscapes, encounters with Italian helper families, wreath-laying ceremonies, and the powerful connection between past and present in this remote region.
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2003 - Tenna Valley Trail - S Sims
San Martino Freedom Trail September 2003 The 60th Anniversary Trail By Stephen Sims On the evening of the 10th of September 1943 , the word finally got through to the occupants of PG 59 Servigliano in…
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The Tenna Valley Trail Event September 2013 Introduction In September 2013 the Escape Lines Memorial Society, in conjunction with the Monte San Martino Trust, organised a trail event in the Marche reg…
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The Tenna Valley Trail 6 11 May 2015 The group arrived from the far flung corners of the world, by air, rail and road; from the UK, Australia, the Veneto and Sicily. A smaller group than originally bo…
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The Tenna Valley Trail 17 – 21 May 2017 A small but select group travelled to Servigliano for this year's trail event. Held against the backdrop of the recent earthquakes we were initially uncertain t…
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