Bibbiena

The monument is dedicated to the partisans Arpelio Cresti and Renato Ristori. On September 3rd 1944 they fought here against German troops: the former died here and the latter, wounded, died on the September 16th in the Hospital of Bibbiena (Silver Medal for Military Valour). The current memorial stone was inaugurated in 1992, incorporating a plaque unveiled in 1947. It is a rectangular marble slab set on a low stone wall and bearing an epigraph and the names of the two Fallen. The lettering is lined with black paint, now eroded. Later, a new stone structure was placed above the wall, surrounded by a small evergreen hedge. It has a sloping front in which two bronze plaques are set. The lettering is in relief and embossed. The first plaque contains the epigraph, the names of the two partisans, their ceramic photographs, and the date of the clash. The other, slimmer plaque bears the name of the commissioning partisan bodies (Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d'Italia and Associazione Italiana Volontari della Libertà) and the year it was erected. An iron grille surrounds the stone on three sides.

On September 3rd 1947 the marble slab was erected in memory of the sacrifice of two partisans from Stia and Soci. On September 3rd 1992 the ANPI and ATVL associations erected the memorial, which is made up of two stones, each bearing a bronze slab with inscriptions. The name of Lieutenant Renato Ristori is also found on the War Memorial to the Fallen of Pratovecchio.