and sheets of pasta many of the partisans who stood up to mussolini lived in these very streets. >> and the great access railyards from which troops and supplies are poured into southern italy are blasted... >> tucci: during world war two, this area bore the brunt of allied bombings that aimed to disrupt the nearby rail hub. tragically, over a thousand people were killed. this is in essence like a monument. >> yeah, you can see the effect of the war. >> yeah. >> people died, the families died and all this area is bombed. >> this particular square was home to a hugely popular local trattoria before the war. the owner's wife and all but one of their children died when their building was hit during the bombing. after the war the local community raised funds for the surviving father and son to reopen the restaurant