Messina, Monumento alla Batteria Masotto
The 3rd and 4th mountain batteries, operated by Sicilians, were sent in December 1895 to Ethiopia in order to secure Italians colonial rule. This war monument is dedicated to Captain Umberto Masotto and his soldiers of the Sicilian batteries, who died in the battle of Adwa/Adowa on March 1st, 1896.
In the battle clashed the Ethopian forces under Emperor Menelik II with estimated 75,000 men against the Italian colonial forces under General Oreste Baratieri with some 15,000 men. The Italians lost it with heavy casualties. The defeat forced Italy to recognize Ethiopia’s sovereignty in the Treaty of Addis Ababa. Adwa secured Ethiopian sovereignty until the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
Sculptor Salvatore Buemi created this monument which was inaugurated on 20th September 1899 while the two mountain guns were recovered by Italian soldiers in Addis Ababa after the Second Africa War (1935-36).
Messina, Monumento alla Batteria Masotto
The 3rd and 4th mountain batteries, operated by Sicilians, were sent in December 1895 to Ethiopia in order to secure Italians colonial rule. This war monument is dedicated to Captain Umberto Masotto and his soldiers of the Sicilian batteries, who died in the battle of Adwa/Adowa on March 1st, 1896.
In the battle clashed the Ethopian forces under Emperor Menelik II with estimated 75,000 men against the Italian colonial forces under General Oreste Baratieri with some 15,000 men. The Italians lost it with heavy casualties. The defeat forced Italy to recognize Ethiopia’s sovereignty in the Treaty of Addis Ababa. Adwa secured Ethiopian sovereignty until the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
Sculptor Salvatore Buemi created this monument which was inaugurated on 20th September 1899 while the two mountain guns were recovered by Italian soldiers in Addis Ababa after the Second Africa War (1935-36).