14/05/2015 - L'Aquila, hundreds of children crowded today the Cittadella degli Alpini, the space where equipment and vehicles supplied to the Alpine Army Troops are displayed.
After the flag-raising ceremony and the national anthem sung together with the Alpines of the 9 ° Regiment, the young guests visited the numerous stands dedicated to international missions, armored vehicles and the history of the Corps.
The attraction of the most popular Citadel was the area of sport but focusing in particular on the area of Alpine sports, where they found at their disposal a Tibetan bridge, a climbing wall and an artificial cross-country ski run, where many experienced for the first time an "Alpine" experience under the supervision of the expert mountaineering instructors of the Alpine Training Center of Aosta and the National Alpine Association.
Source: Command of Terrestrial Operations Forces