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and World War II. They are also famous in Italy for their songs and choirs. The first Alpini units were formed in 1872 by recruiting soldiers among the...

The Alpini are the Italian Army's specialist mountain infantry. Part of the army's infantry corps, the speciality distinguished itself in combat during...

nickname of the members on extended leave (Italian: in congedo) of the Alpini, a mountain infantry corps of the Italian Army, which distinguished itself...

father in the conduction of the choir. The repertoire ranges over from Alpini songs to spirituals, from typical Italian popular/traditional music to sacred...

repertoire ranges over from Alpini songs to spirituals, from typical Italian popular/traditional music to sacred music and to songs, some of them almost unknown...

enemy action. Monte Cauriol is also the title of one of the traditional Alpini songs. Hiking paths from Rifugio Refavaie (near Caoria) and Rifugio Cauriol...

The Ponte Vecchio (Old bridge) or Ponte degli Alpini (bridge of the Alpini, who rebuilt it in 1948) is the covered wooden designed by the architect Andrea...

and other Alpini songs, and it ends with the title line, shouted out by guest "vocalist" Luca Mangoni. "Help me" is a live cover of a song by Dik Dik...

nine Alpini regiments remain in service today, and only four still train every soldier in ski warfare: the 4th Alpini Parachutist Regiment, 5th Alpini Regiment...

and sing songs from their days as alpine soldiers. The grappa shop of Nardini Distillery is located on the bridge, known as Ponte degli Alpini. Bassano...

is mentioned in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 1864 novel Notes from Underground. Alpini monument Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna The Silvano Toti Globe Theatre...

Wesley L. McDonald Leadership Award Associazione Nazionale Alpini, the Italian National Alpini Association Australian National Alliance, a far-right political...

remakes: reworked in 1911, it was adopted as the official anthem of the Alpini. When the author died in the war in 1917, it ended up being turned into...

night of 13 December, an avalanche struck an Italian division of the 7th Alpini, overrunning their mountain barracks. The Italians called the disastrous...

Infantry Regiment. The events of that day served as the inspiration for the Alpini song "Sul Ponte Di Perati". On 21 November 1940 the re-united Bari blocked...

flowers, where other military branch badges would have stars. The song Stelutis alpinis (Friulian for "alpine edelweiss"), written by Arturo Zardini when...

by Pier Paolo Pasolini, who in turn borrowed it from a line of Alpini World War II song Sul ponte di Perati; here, Giordana uses it to refer to his generation...

Adunata Nazionale degli Alpini, which since 1920 has usually been celebrated annually in mid-May. The simplicity of the song and its great emotional impact...

States Army 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Italian Army Alpini, French Army 27ème bataillon de chasseurs alpins) or jungle (1st Scout Ranger...

Dabormida, Ellena and Arimondi. While these included elite Bersaglieri and Alpini units, a large proportion of the troops were inexperienced conscripts recently...