PERUGIA – All of Umbria is preparing to celebrate April 25th. In fact, in most of the centers of the region, numerous initiatives are planned to celebrate the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Italy from Nazi-fascism.
PERUGIA
The ceremonies will begin at 10.30 am at the civic cemetery where laurel wreaths will be placed at the shrine of the fallen and on the graves of the gold medals of the Resistance. In Borgo XX Giugno, starting from 11.15, the commemoration will take place at the plaque commemorating the patriots shot by the Nazi-fascists. At 12pm, at the Ara Paris, laurel wreaths will be laid at the monument to all those killed in the war.
TERNI
The program includes a commemorative ceremony at 10am in the council room of Palazzo Spada, with the mayor, the prefect, representatives of the Umbria Region and the Province of Terni, the president of the 13 June Section of the Anpi Terni. Civil and military authorities and combat and arms associations will also participate. At 10.30, a wreath will be laid in Piazza della Repubblica; the formation of the procession will follow which will lay another wreath at Ponte Garibaldi. The ceremony will end in Piazza Briccialdi with the laying of a wreath and honoring the fallen. The Langeli municipal band from Cesi will accompany the commemoration.
ASSISI
In Martin Luther King square, at 9 am, the commemorative ceremony will take place in front of the monument to the fallen of all wars. At 10am, in Piazza Matteotti, on the centenary of his death, tribute will be paid to the memory of the socialist parliamentarian killed by fascists.
UMBRIAN COUNTRY HOUSE
The tribute to the fallen and laying of the laurel wreath at the monuments of Costano are scheduled at 9 and half an hour later in Ospedalicchio. In the capital it starts at 10am in via Roma and at 10.15am in piazza Mazzini. At 10.45am the plaque to the fallen of the Resistance located on the town hall will be honoured. Participating in the event will be schools, the association of military and concentration camp internees, the Anpi, the military and combat associations and the Costano Musical Band, the National Association of Carabinieri on leave and the Association of disabled and disabled people. of war.
CASTIGLIONE DEL LAGO
It starts at 9am at the Villastrada War Memorial, with the commemoration in the presence of local institutions and Anpi. At 10 am the celebrations will move to the Muffa monument where the laying of the laurel wreath is expected by the authorities, the partisan association and the “Giuseppe Verdi” Philharmonic of Sanfatucchio. Finally, at 11.30, in Monte Pausillo the mayors of Trasimeno will meet at the foot of the monument dedicated to the Risorgimento Brigade.
CITTA DI CASTELLO
Departure of the procession at 10am from Piazza Venanzio Gabriotti led by the banner of the municipality, the authorities and the fighting associations. Having reached the monument to the Alto Tiberina Resistance in Viale Vittorio Veneto, interventions by the institutional authorities, the fighting associations and the laying of the crown on the stele dedicated to the Alto Tiberina resistance are expected. The Puccini Philharmonic will be present, directed by maestro Nolito Bambini.
CORCIANO
At 11am, at the monument dedicated to Vittorio Berioli in via Bonciari, the laying of a laurel wreath will take place.
FOLIGNO
The initiatives will begin at 9am, at the Cancelli shrine, with the laying of the laurel wreath. At 9.30, homage will be paid to the Stele dedicated to the fallen of all wars and to the mutilated and war invalids of Foligno at the votive chapel of the sanctuary of the Madonna del Pianto in via Garibaldi. At 10.30am, celebrations will move to the Allied and Commonwealth War Cemetery. In Piazza della Repubblica, at 11.30, honors will be paid to the banner of the City of Foligno and a laurel wreath will be placed on the plaque of the fallen placed on the facade of the cathedral of San Feliciano and the town hall in the presence of the honor guard of the Center of national selection and recruitment of the Army. Subsequently, the president of the municipal council, Lorenzo Schiarea and the mayor Stefano Zuccarini will speak. The Belfiore Philharmonic will perform the Italian anthem
GUBBIO
The rally is scheduled for 9.30 in Piazza Grande where the procession will take shape. Subsequently, starting from 10 am, wreaths will be laid at the monument to the fallen of the First World War, at the stele of the fallen of the Second World War, at the mausoleum of the Forty Martyrs, at the plaque of the police station in memory of the gold medal Fulvio Sbarretti, to the monuments to the fallen in Viale della Rimembranza, Carbonesca and Colpalombo.
MARSCIANO
In front of the town hall, at 9 am, institutional representatives, from the ANPI and from the police forces will speak. The ceremony will be accompanied by the City of Marsciano Philharmonic Orchestra.
NARNI
At 10 am the choir will leave from Piazza dei Priori. This will be followed by the laying of wreaths at the war memorial and commemorative plaques. At the Narni Scalo cemetery, at 11.30, homage will be paid to the monument to the Narni partisans. At 12.30 the ceremony will move to Monte San Pancrazio.
SPOLETO
The ceremonies will begin at 8.15 am in Postignano (Sellano) with the placing of a wreath on the War Memorial in memory of the 5 Partisans shot by the Germans on 4 April 1944. At 9.00 am in Forca di Cerro a laurel wreath will be placed at the Tombstone of the Yugoslavs fallen in the Resistance. At 10.30 am in the church of San Filippo the celebration of the Holy Mass will be held in memory of those fallen for the country, followed by a procession with the Carabinieri on horseback and in full uniform from Piazza Pianciani along Corso Mazzini, Via del Mercato, Via del Municipio up to Piazza Campello. At 11am, in via Matteo Gattaponi, at the commemorative plaque, a laurel wreath will be laid in memory of the 94 Italian and Slovenian political prisoners who escaped from the Rocca Albornoz prison in 1943 to join the partisan gangs of Valnerina. Afterwards, at the War Memorial in Piazza Campello there will be the laying of a laurel wreath in honor of the decorated Partisans of the ‘Melis Brigade’. At 12.00 in Piazza della Libertà a laurel wreath will be laid in honor of the fallen in the War of Liberation and military honors will be rendered by a soldier in arms of the 2nd Rtg Granatieri ‘Cengio’.
TODI
The day will begin with the Walk of Liberation and Peace, now in its tenth edition this year. The appointment is at 10:00 in Piazzale Abdon Menecalim from where the walk will start at 10:30 and proceed along Viale della Vittoria and Via Ciuffelli until reaching the institutional procession in Piazza Jacopone. At 11am, the procession will move towards the commemorative plaque in Piazza del Popolo where, at 11.15am, the official ceremony will take place in the presence of the civil and military authorities. At 12, in the municipal porticoes, the choir of former students of the experimental unitary high school of Rome will perform, which will offer its repertoire of South American and Italian popular songs. In the afternoon, at 4.30 pm, in the frescoed room of the Civic Museum, with the journalist and writer Giovanni Dozzini who will present his latest book “The American prisoner”: after the introduction by Camilla Todini, president of the ANPI section of Todi, she will talk about it with Giovanni Dozzini, Romina Perni and Tancredi Marini. The program of celebrations in the city is the result of collaboration between the Municipality of Todi, the Anpi “Carlo Barbieri” section and other entities such as Libera Umbria Presidio Acquasparta, Spi Cgil Media Valle del Tevere, Associazione Franca Viola – Cdt, Uisp – Duesanti Sports Group , Ubik Todi bookshop. As has been the case since 1983, April 25th is also the anniversary of the Vignola tragedy. For this reason, during the morning, at 11.45, the commemoration of the victims of the fire is scheduled, with a short but intense ceremony in Via del Seminario in the presence of the civil and military authorities.
UMBERTIDE
In addition to Liberation Day, the Alto Tiber municipality also celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Allied bombing of Borgo San Giovanni in which 74 people lost their lives. After the laying of wreaths in the hamlets of Montecastelli and Pierantonio, the procession will start from the Platform at 10.30 am, accompanied by the city band. In Piazza XXV Aprile, at 11.30, the mass will be celebrated presided over by Monsignor Pietro Vispi. At the end of the religious rite, speeches by the mayor Luca Carizia and the president of the Region, Donatella Tesei, will follow. The program will end at 6pm with the presentation, in Piazza XXV Aprile, of Mario Tosti’s book “1944: from barbarism towards civilization”.
