The contribution focuses on the evolution of the image of the enemy in monuments, starting with the wars of independence, such as the Tower of San Martino to close with the long season of monuments to the fallen. The contrast between the systematic use of denigrating images of the enemy throughout the war season and their almost total disappearance after the end of the war was emphasized, when the new “cult of the fallen” will make the representation of the opponent fought for so long progressively irrelevant.
