List of POW camps in Italy

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There were many prisoner-of-war camps in Italy during World War II.

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Camp	Location	Notes
German
Dulag 226
Dulag 339	Mantua
Stalag 339	Trieste
Italian
P.G. 5	Gavi-Serravalle Scrivia	Piedmont. Some 20 miles north of Genoa
P.G. 10	Acquapendente	Viterbo
P.G. 12	Candeli / Vincigliata	13th century castle near Florence. Several British Generals were imprisoned here.
P.G. 17	Rezzanello	Near Turin, Piacenza
P.G. 19	Bologna
P.G. 21	Chieti	Old convent; Officers Camp. After the Armistice, anybody wishing to leave the camp was forcibly prevented from doing so under the orders of the senior British officer who was following to the letter the orders of Allied HQ to remain in the camp and await the arrival of Allied forces. Consequently the Germans were able to capture them all. They were subsequently transferred to PG78 just outside Sulmona and thence to camps in Germany where they remained until the end of the war.
P.G. 23	Vestone near Brescia
P.G. 26	Cortemaggiore	Piacenza
P.G. 27	San Romano	Pisa
P.G. 29	Veano	Lombardy, near Piacenza
P.G. 32	Bogliaco Garda lake near Salò, Brescia
P.G. 35	Certosa di Padula	Monastery, near Salerno
P.G. 38	Poppi	Monastery near Arezzo
P.G. 41	Montalbo
P.G. 43	Garessio	Cuneo
P.G. 47	Modena	Officers, mainly from New Zealand
P.G. 49	Fontanellato	Orphanage near Parma. Reggio Emilia.
P.G. 50	Caserna Genova Cavalleria - storage centre -	Rome
P.G. 51	Altamura Villa Serena	Bari - Transit camp
P.G. 52	Pian di Coreglia - Lucca	Uscany
P.G. 53	Sforzacosta	Liguria. Over 10,000 prisoners - http://www.riggwelter.co.uk/RogerCollinson.html#F
P.G. 54	Passo Corese, Fara in Sabina	35 km from Rome
P.G. 55	Busseto	Near Piacenza. 4 satellite labour camps.
P.G. 57	Gruppignano	Near Udine. Mostly Australian and New Zealand other ranks.
P.G. 59	Servigliano	Ascoli Piceno - http://www.casadellamemoria.org/
P.G. 60	Colle Compito	Lucca
P.G. 62	Grumello del Piano	Near Bergamo. Mostly Indians and Cypriots. Seven satellite work camps, including Gamba, Cremona and Torbole
P.G. 63	Marinaro Aversa	Near Arezzo. Mostly Indians.
P.G. 65	Gravina-Altamura	Bari
P.G. 66	Capua	Transit camp - http://www.riggwelter.co.uk/RogerCollinson.html#C
P.G. 68	Vetralla
P.G. 70	Monteurano	Near Fermo Ascoli Piceno
P.G. 71	Aversa	Near Naples
P.G. 73	Fossoli of Carpi	Near Modena
P.G. 75 Torre Tresca	Bari	Transit camp. One work camp.
P.G. 77	Pissignano / Campello?	Tent camp - Foligno
P.G. 78	Sulmona	Fonte d'amore - including senior officers. This camp remains intact^[1]. L'Aquila
P.G. 78/1	Aquafredda	Work camp Many New Zealanders.
P.G. 80	Villa Marina	Near Rome
P.G. 82	Laterina	Near Arezzo. 8,000 prisoners. 50% escaped. (2.720 from secret italia armi document SMRE Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito Italiano)
P.G. 83	Fiume
P.G. 85	Tuturano	Transit camp - http://www.tuturano.com/modules.php?name=Il_Campo_PG85
PG 87	Stalia	6000 in camp
P.G. 91	Avezzano
P.G. 98	San Giuseppe Jato	Sicily
P.G. 102	Near Aquila	Transit camp
P.G. 103	Monigo	Treviso
P.G. 103/6	Ampezzo
P.G. 103/7	La Maina
P.G. 106	Vercelli	25 work camps, mostly Australians and New Zealanders
P.G. 106/20	Arro	Salussola
P.G. 107	Torviscosa	Udine - Five work camps, including Prati, San Dona di Piave, Torre di Confine, La Salute. Mostly New Zealanders and South Africans
P.G. 107/2	Prati
P.G. 107/4	San Dona di Piave
P.G. 107/5	Torre do Confine
P.G. 107/6	?
P.G. 107/7	La Salute di Livenza
P.G. 110	Carbonia
P.G. 112	Turin
P.G. 113	Avio	Near Marsciano, Rovereto
P.G. 115	Marciano	Near Perugia
P.G. 118	Prato all'Isarco	Near Bolzano
P.G. 120	Chiesanuova	Padova - work camps at Fattoria Biancho, Cetona, Abano, Fogolana.
PG 120/4	?
PG 120/5	Abano
PG 120/8	Fogolana
P.G. 122	Cinecittà	Near Rome - several work camps
P.G. 127	Locano Canavese	Aosta
P.G. 129	Montelupone	Macerata
P.G. 132	Foggia
P.G. 133	Novara
P.G. 136 C.A.R.E	Bologna
P.G. 145	Campotosto / Montorio al Vomano
P.G. 146	Mortara	Pavia
P.G. 148	Bussolengo	Near Verona. Labour camp for 250 prisoners, mostly New Zealanders, but also English, Scottish, Egyptians, South Africans, Americans, Indians. 14 satellite work camps at Isola della Scala, Lazise, Mozzecane, Vigasio at San Bernardino, Montecchia di Crosara in the Cava Basalti stone farm, Legnago/Vangadizza at Rosta, Zevio at Villa da Lisca, San Martino Buon Albergo, Bonavigo, Oppeano in the Mazzantica Village, Mozzecane near the church, Angiari. Closed following the mass outbreak of prisoners in the days after the Italian Armistice was announced on 8 September 1943. See relevant Italian website of movie director Mauro Vittorio Quattrina
P.G. 201	Bergamo	hospital in an almshouse
P.G. 202	Lucca	hospital in a monastery in Bergamo district.
P.G. 203	Bologna	hospital in Castel S Pietro
P.G. 204	Altamura	hospital in a school
P.G. 206?	Teramo	hospital
P.G. 206	Nocera	hospital near Rovello
P.G. 207	Milan	hospital
P.G. 339	Pisa
P.G. 339	Pisa
P.G. 454	Brindisi	Mainly Indians