Moriago della Battaglia
Moriago della Battaglia is a municipality on the right bank of the Piave, at the heart of the Quartier del Piave, where the histor...
Updated 12 July 2026
The story
The story of Moriago della Battaglia
Isola dei Morti: a name that tells a story
The Isola dei Morti is a small strip of land enclosed between branches of the Piave river, at the foot of the Montello hill, within the municipality of Moriago. On 27 October 1918 it was the site of the assault by Arditi troops who conquered Moriago, marking the beginning of the decisive Battle of Vittorio Veneto. The island's name comes from the discovery, in the days following the Final Battle, of thousands of bodies of fallen Italian soldiers, swept away by the current or shot while trying to reach the opposite bank. The road taken by the Arditi coming from the Piave still bears the name Via degli Arditi today, and Moriago is remembered as one of the first Italian towns liberated after the war's end.
The Parco della Memoria and its monuments
In the 1920s a pyramid of grey stones topped with a barbed-wire cross and a helmet was erected at the center of the island, with four plaques bearing verses from the 'Preghiera di Sernaglia' composed by Gabriele D'Annunzio. In 1965 a sanctuary dedicated to the Madonna was raised, and in 1991 the Moriago Artillery Association inaugurated a second monument, titled 'Vita per la Pace', created by sculptor Mario Balliana. The area, now protected as the Parco della Memoria, is crossed by easy nature trails suitable for walking, nordic walking and mountain biking, allowing visitors to combine historical reflection with immersion in the nature of the Piave.
Prosecco hills between the Piave and the Montello
Moriago lies at the heart of the Quartier del Piave, one of the historic Prosecco production areas, where vine rows alternate with woods and meadows along the slopes descending toward the river. It is a less dramatic landscape than the famous hills of Valdobbiadene and Conegliano, but with the same authentic character, made of small family-run wineries and a direct relationship between those who work the land and those who visit it. The country roads linking Moriago to nearby hamlets offer ideal routes for food-and-wine cycle tourism, with stops among vineyards, cellars and agriturismi that tell of a winemaking tradition rooted for generations in this corner of the Marca Trevigiana.
The Palù and the nature of the Quartier del Piave
Alongside its historical memory, Moriago della Battaglia offers a notable natural heritage in the wetlands of the Palù del Quartier del Piave, areas of permanent meadow and reed beds that host a rich variety of birds and marsh plants, evidence of the ancient riverine environments that once characterized this whole part of the Treviso plain. The Piave itself, with its branches and floodplains, remains the central element of the local landscape, a river that here is not just natural scenery but also a silent protagonist of twentieth-century history. Walking along its banks means crossing, at once, a fragile ecosystem and a place of collective memory.
A small town, a shared memory
Moriago della Battaglia is, in all honesty, a small municipality, without large accommodation facilities or monumental attractions beyond those linked to the Great War. But it is precisely this modest scale that makes it an authentic place: here the memory of the war is not artificially musealized, but lived as part of the community's everyday fabric, handed down through local associations and commemorative ceremonies. For anyone visiting the Quartier del Piave, Moriago is an essential stop to understand what the last year of the First World War truly meant for these places, beyond the grand national narratives.
Experiences not to miss
- Visitare l'Isola dei Morti e il Parco della Memoria lungo il Piave
- Visit the Isola dei Morti and the Parco della Memoria along the Piave
To see
What to see in Moriago della Battaglia
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