Carabinieri Cavalry Regiment

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Viale di Tor di Quinto, 153, 00191 Roma RM, Italy

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N41° 56' 44.88" E12° 28' 55.92"   (41.9458, 12.4822) Start navigation »

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The 4th Carabinieri Cavalry Regiment (Italian: 4° Reggimento Carabinieri a Cavallo) is a Carabinieri mounted police unit of the 1st Carabinieri Mobile Brigade, tasked with riot control and rural patrol, which was established on 1 April 1963 as part of a reorganization of the Italian Carabinieri.
A Colonel commands the Regiment and is located at the barracks "Tor di Quinto" (Rome) is employed by the 1st Carabinieri Mobile Brigade. The Carabinieri Regiment is very popular especially for their famous historic carousel that reaches its climax when they relive the same charge Pastrengo divided into two teams (one mounted on white horses, another on dark horses) and throw the one the each other with the sword stopping a few inches from contact.

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