MLCC AT THE CELEBRATION ITALIAN ARMED FORCES DAY, MILOVICE ITA WAR CEMETERY

The Italian Embassy in Prague organized a commemorative ceremony at the Italian Military Memorial in MILOVICE on November 7, 2026, to pay tribute to those who felt in the territories of the present-day Czech Republic during the two World Wars. The ceremony included a performance of "La canzone del Piave" and the Italian and Czech national anthems by the military band of the Prague Garrison Command. It concluded with the recitation of the "Soldier’s Prayer" by a carabiniere delegated by the Italian Embassy. The event was attended by a delegation from the Interparliamentary Friendship Group between the Czech Republic and Italy, the Defense Attaché, Colonel Sandro Iervolino, the Italian representative at the MLCC, Col. Cosimo GRECO, the mayor and deputy mayor of MILOVICE, Lukáš Pilc and Milan Pour, respectively, the representative of the municipality of Conegliano, Councilman Enzo Perin, along with Councilman Matteo Zucol, the president of A.R.Mi. —Milovice Military Remembrance Association—and a member of the executive board of the Union of Officers and Noncommissioned Officers of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic, Colonel Svetozár Plesník; a delegation of Alpini coordinated by the Belluno, Conegliano, Treviso, Valdobbiadene, and Vittorio Veneto chapters; and a delegation from the National Association of Families of the Fallen and Missing in War. The celebrations concluded with a Holy Mass at the local church of St. Catherine of Alexandria.