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Vittorio Veneto

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Vittorio Veneto

Industrial town (motorcycles, agricultural machinery, furniture, paper, textiles) in Veneto, northeastern Italy; population (2001) 29,200. It was the site of the final victory of Italy and its allies over Austria October 1918.



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Walk along Via Po through Piazza Vittorio Veneto and you reach Palazzo Castello, which you'll recognise from the film.
It was carrier planes from HMS Formidable, one of the new 22,500ton carriers that crippled the Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto in a fierce Naval action off Cape Matapan on 28 March 1941.
43) When the last Swordfish attack was complete, Italy's serviceable battleships had been reduced from six to two--only Vittorio Veneto and Giulio Cesare had escaped damage--and all of this had been accomplished at the cost of only two Swordfish shot down.
 
 
 
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