How many times has it happened to walk through the crowded streets of Naples and casually trample years of history, without even realizing it ?
Yes, because , for those who still do not know, the fascinating maze of underground hide as many as 800 , including caves and quarries, for about a million cubic meters of surface.
And it is here, in the tunnels of the old Neapolitan who , during the years of World War II, the Neapolitans Dolbilina an underground shelter bombproof . Here, at Broggia street between via Pessina and via Constantinopoli, in the heart of the historic city center. The same place the subject in recent days , … an unexpected discovery .
To make it befell the cavers of the “Macchina del tempo” that have brought to light not only an authentic piece of Neapolitan history , but also a small arsenal.
To be precise , the expert team , digging in the ground , he found two rifles M91/38 , complete with bayonets and bullets.
But it’ doesn’t end here . A few meters away from guns , was found , in fact, also an engraving on the wall on which it is written : ” Felice Marmo , artillery Battalion 815 ,” and in another entry that clarifies , in all likelihood , the role ” Petty Officer Secondigliano convoy escort “.
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So everything suggests that those muskets are belonged to the mysterious soldier, which, in all probability, had hidden them in the shelter during the revolt of the Four Days of Naples, flared up in the city between the 27 and September 30, 1943 against the German occupation troops. Maybe, who knows, the soldier Felice Marmo had hidden under there just to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Nazis, or because he wanted to use them against the troops of the Wehrmacht, once swept the battle.
So it seems that the past come back forcefully to the surface through a series of tracks rather precise, further accredited by the presence of gasoline canisters engraved with the U.S. Army, from the ruins of buildings reduced to dust from flying fortresses that are still present at the end of long staircase that leads directly into the secret corridors of the city.