Memoriale Desaix, Vigna Santa

nolege, on April 2, 2009, said:

Bonjour Paolo, Je vous remercie vivement de toutes ces belles photos sur la célèbre bataille de Marengo. Cette photo, grâce à vous, nous montre l'endroit exact du lieu où a été tué le héros de Marengo, le général Louis Charles Antoine Desaix. C'est un lieu peu connu et c'est la première fois que je vois une telle photo sur Internet. Bravo, Paolo et encore merci ! France

pborg1, on April 3, 2009, said:

Bonjour Nolege, Mon francais n'est pas très bon, pardonnez moi si je vous repond en anglais! Thank you for your kind comment, I was very pleased to see it. I will go back to Marengo as soon as I can so you will see more pictures. I was surprised too to find this grave where the great Desaix died, I was looking for the Vigna Santa because I knew this is the place. It is thanks to the 59th D.B.D.L. who put it, and if you can go there one day you will feel the same incredible emotion I felt when I was able to kneel in front of this grave. You need a lot of time to visit all of the Marengo battle site because it is very large..I will go back to find where the soldiers of the Consular Guard heroically stopped the Austrian Cavalry from surrounding Victor's soldiers who were in the village of Marengo. It is not easy to find but I will make it! I have just posted a picture of the church of Sant'Angelo, in Milan (Piazza Sant'angelo). This is where Desaix's funeral took place after the battle. Merci à vous et.. Vive l'Empereur!