Photos from Solferino 2009 celebrations

©ICRC/J.F. Berger

©ICRC/M.Kokic/27 June 2009

An estimated 13,000 Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers coming from all over the world participate in a 9 kilometer torch-lit procession in Solferino.

©ICRC/M.Kokic/27 June 2009

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©ICRC/M.Kokic/27 June 2009

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Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers from all over the world join together at Piazza Castello in Solferino.

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ICRC President Jacob Kellenberger delivers a speech at Piazza Castello in Solferino, Italy.

©ICRC/27 June 2009

©ICRC/M.Kokic/26 June 2009

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©ICRC/M.Kokic/26 June 2009

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©ICRC/M.Kokic/26 June 2009

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©ICRC/J.F Berger / 27 June 2009

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Fiaccolata 2009

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Torch-lit procession in Solferino to mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Solferino and celebrate the birth of an idea that led to the founding of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement.

©ICRC/M.Kokic/27 June 2009

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©ICRC/M.Kokic/27 June 2009

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Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers from all over the world join together at Piazza Castello in Solferino.

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Iranian Red Crescent volunteers.

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See also: Events in Solferino

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