the events for the anniversary of the Liberation

The Resistance Day honors the fight for the liberation of Italy from Nazi-fascism and represents one of the most important moments in our history. From the 23 to 25 April in Rome three days of shows, meetings, concerts, screenings and exhibitions are planned to remember the places in the city where the partisans fought eighty years ago.

The objective of the events is to transmit the memory and sharing of the values ​​of freedom, democracy and equality which, between 1943 and 1945, encouraged thousands of women and men who fought alongside the Allies, before the Constitution and the birth of the Republic. Among the guests of the days: Corrado Augias, Alessandro Barbero, Ezio Mauro And Zero limestone. All initiatives are free and open to entry. A truly eventful program that promises to please everyone!

Meetings, presentations and round tables at the Arco di Travertino

Three days of events with around 80 events with free entry. The Rome Resistance Festival 2024 is organized in different spaces of the V and VII Municipality of the city such as, for example, theTravertine arch.

April 24th at 5.30pm Benedetta Tobagi holds a lesson on “The women of the Resistance” in Piazza Coperta at the Arco di Travertino. On the afternoon of April 25, the historian Alessandro Barbero tells an episode of the Liberation with one of his lessons: “Via Rasella. A partisan war action” at the Arco di Travertino at 4 pm. Followed at 5.15 pm, the mayor of Roma Capitale Roberto Gualtieri greets the public in the company of a representation of partisans. The show is scheduled for 7.15pm dialogue between Corrado Augias and Michela Ponzani on “The liberation of Rome”. Also on April 25th at 3 pm appointment with panel discussion edited by ANFIM on the theme “The massacre of the Ardeatine pits”.

Ceremony at the Altare della Patria

The celebration is scheduled from 9am on April 25th on the occasion of 79th Anniversary of the Liberation at the Altare della Patria in Piazza Venezia in Rome, with the intervention of the Head of State, Sergio Mattarella and the laying of a laurel wreath to the Unknown Soldier, who represents all the fallen and missing Italians in war. The highest institutional and military leaders were present at the ceremony.

Free museums and archaeological parks

Queue of tourists to enter the Pantheon (LaPresse archive photo)

On 25 April 2024 on the occasion of Liberation Day, i museums and state archaeological parks are open for free. The visits will take place during the usual opening hours, with access by reservation where applicable. Here is the list of free state museums and archaeological parks in Rome.

• National Gallery of Ancient Art – Palazzo Barberini
• Autonomous Vittoriano Institute and Palazzo Venezia – Vittoriano, Liberation Day at VIVE
• Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica – Archaeological area of ​​Ostia Antica
• Archaeological park of Ostia antica – Giulio II Castle
• National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia
• Boncompagni Ludovisi House Museum – Boncompagni Ludovisi Museum for the decorative arts, costume and fashion of the 19th and 20th centuries
• Hendrik Christian Andersen House Museum – Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum
• National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art
• Corsini Gallery, National Galleries of Ancient Art
• Museum of Civilization
• Sword Gallery
• National Museum of Museum Instruments
• National Museum of Castel Sant’Angelo
• Mario Praz House Museum
• Pantheon

On April 25th at the Parco degli Acquedotti and Pigneto

The Park of the Aqueducts in Rome (LaPresse archive image)

The event to celebrate Liberation Day organized by the CSOA Spartaco returns to the Parco degli Acquedotti, located in via Lemonia 256 in the south-eastern quadrant of Rome. It extends for approximately 240 hectares between the Appio Claudio district, via delle Capannelle and the Rome-Cassino-Naples railway line. The park represented the crossroads of the water network of ancient Rome. Among the live initiatives: Murga de Los Adoquines De Spartacusthen the DJ sets of VELIA, Giulio PecciThe Reina del Fomento and DJ Baloo. Entrance is free and free.

From 1pm to midnight on Thursday 25 April “Pigneto in celebration” in Piazza Nuccitelli Persiani. As every year, the popular event returns to the Pigneto district which celebrates, lives and relaunches the Liberation of Nazi-Fascism. The program of events is still being defined but there will be readings, collective street games, food and drinks in company.

In Centocelle, the procession and the Liberation Day from Nazi-Fascism

Liberation Day procession (LaPresse archive image)

For the sixth consecutive year, the appointment is for April 25th Villa Gordianistarting point of the procession that crosses the Centocelle district and then ends, as usual, at Quarticciolo, where the day continues in the small park named after the partisan Modesto of Veglia with a lunch, debates and concerts. The afternoon program counts on the presence of ZeroCalcare, Il Muro del Canto, Giancane, Gli Ultimi, Pegs, Whtrsh aka Banana, Leo Fulcro. At the end of the day, the screening of the film “Margins” by Niccolò Falsetti and Francesco Turbanti.

The evening at Angelo Mai between music and workshops

From 3pm until the late night of April 25th, music, insights and meetings at the Angelo Mai, the Arci club of the Baths of Caracalla with many artists and exceptional guests. They are also present at the event Manuel Agnelli, Roberto Angelini and La Representative di Lista. Entrance is paid by signing up for the Arci 23/24 card and the event funds will be donated to the following humanitarian organisations: UNRWA, ELSC, the “Water for Gaza by Un ponte per” campaign, the “Sponsor Starving and Injured” campaign Children from Gaza.