Connecting the missing and hidden historical facts in Ticino and northern Lombardy and Piedmont regions
We are glad to announce a forthcoming conference, scheduled for Friday 18. October 2019 at 21h00 in Sala Biellese, Biella. The conference will be held at Casa della Resistenza in Via Ottavio Rivetti 5, I-13884 Sala Biellese. Casa della Resistenza in Sala Biellese is also the site of an interesting photographic […]
We are glad to announce a forthcoming conference, scheduled for Friday 6. September 2019 at 21h00 in Baveno – Lago Maggiore. The conference will be held at Biblioteca Civica di Baveno in Piazza della Chiesa 8, I-28831 Baveno . The lower region of lake Maggiore was markedly affected by the […]
Senate of the Republic XIII Legislature – 246 – President del Senato Nicola Mancino 318a Assembly Seat – Stenographical Account – 17 February 1998 We already reported that German war crimes have been recently discussed at a Conference held at the Italian Senate in Rome. What follows is the English […]
We pre-announced on this blog on February 13, 2019 the conference: Stragi e deportazioni nazifasciste – Per la giustizia e contro l’ambiguità. The conference held at the premise of the Italian Senate – Sala Koch in Rome, was a success and probably the first milestone in clarifying the judicial situation […]
From the incept of Insubrica Historica we have devoted a great of our time in researching the castles around lake Maggiore. After having wrote about the castle of Magadino (now disappeared), the castle of Gordola (now disappeared), the castle of Muralto (now disappeared), the castle of Tegna, the castle of […]
Insubrica Historica had the opportunity Wednesday 20.3.2019 to present the progress of his research for its PhD thesis on the German and Fascist military presence during the period 1943-1945 in the Lake Maggiore region and in particular in Cannobio. The presentation started at 21h, in the Parasi Hall of Cannobio, […]
The research conducted by Insubrica Historica on the region of Ossola and Lake Maggiore has much in common with the war crimes committed during the period 1943-1945 mostly by German – but also Fascist – military units. We have already reported in past articles (here and here) the activities of the Waffen-SS […]
Last week Insubrica Historica travelled to Leicester, England. It was very nice to be back after that much time, the last time that I visited Leicester was in 2003. Indeed much has changed, especially the University premises are hardly recognizable from before. Plenty of new buildings and many more that will […]
Riccardo Morandi (1902-1989) is best known as being the engineer that conceived Morandi Bridge in Genoa. This bridge was part of the Polcevera viaduct on the A10 Autostrada dei Fiori motorway. The bridge, was a major link from Italy to France. The viaduct was built between 1963 and 1967, costing €2 million at […]
There is still a less researched chapter in the history of the German and Italian fascists occupation of the Lago Maggiore region, that is the quantification of the war crimes committed during the period 1943-1945. A recent article of Insubrica Historica on the First Battalion of the Panzer-Grenadier Regiment 2 […]