Creola Cemetery
- Country Italy
- Total identified casualties 1 Find these casualties
- Identified casualties from First World War
- GPS Coordinates Latitude: 45.41607, Longitude: 11.73636
Location information
Take the autostrada A13 exiting Padua South. Proceed for Padua West/Trento taking the main road that exits from the A13 tollboth and take the junction for Padua Airport/Colli Euganei. Follow the direction for Colli Euganei, Tencarola PD. Continue going beyond the village of Tencarola then turn right for Selvazzano, and after a short distance there is Saccolongo and Creola di Saccolongo. When you take the road for the church in Creola there is a small roundabout, turn left following the Commisson's sign for the cemetery that will be found on the left hand side after approximately 700 metres from the roundabout. Cemetery Address: Via Cimitero n. 1 - Saccolongo (frazione di Creola) - (PD). GPS Co-ordinates: 45.415925, 11.737003
Visiting information
For further information and enquiries please contact enquiries@cwgc.org
History information
The Italians entered the war on the Allied side, declaring war on Austria, in May 1915. Commonwealth forces were at the Italian front between November 1917 and November 1918, and rest camps and medical units were established at various locations in northern Italy behind the front, some of them remaining until 1919. Creola Cemetery contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War.