the presentation of the Anassilaos Prize, the NAMES of the winners

It took place this evening, in the Federica Monteleone Hall of the Regional Council of Calabria, 25th edition of the Anassilaos San Giorgio “Don Nuccio Santoro” Award. Born in 1999, at the suggestion of the then Mayor Italo Falcomatà, in agreement also with the Parish of San Giorgio al Corso and its parish priest, Don Nuccio Santoro, on the occasion of the Feast of San Giorgio Martire, Patron Saint of our City , the award was intended as a tribute to the “Urbs Regina” and to those bodies, cultural institutions, professional associations, associations, personalities and citizens who operate in the city and in the province.

These are the awards. “For civil commitment” to the NO.SS project “you are not alone” promoted by the Police Headquarters of Reggio Calabria with the aim of spreading the culture of prevention and helping citizens, especially the elderly and the most vulnerable, to cope with the action of fraudsters and Department of Penitentiary Administration for having worked, in the past year, in the presence of a serious water shortage which affected the City of Reggio Calabria, to meet the needs of citizens by making means and personnel available.

For human, social and sporting promotion activities“The Friends of Jose Carlos” Associationto Paolo Cicciù, Provincial President of the CSI of Reggio Calabria; to Don Giovanni Gattuso, Parish Priest of the Community of Cannavò, Riparo, Prumo, all’ Engineer Nicola Pavone, President of AIDO Regional Calabria and UNUCI Reggio Calabria Section; toLawyer Mario Rizzoli, among the founders in 1948 of the Reggino Catholic Scouting of the Italian Catholic Scout Association (ASCI); to Prof. Oreste Serini, for the determination with which he maintained his adherence to the ideals of scouting in difficult historical moments.

For the Life science to the Dr. Filippo Frattima, Councilor of the Medical Association and President of the Dentists for his commitment to the Red Cross; to the Dr. Carmelo Mangano, Already Director of the Simple Operational Unit of the Department of infectious diseases and immunodeficiencies GOM; to the Dr. Pietro Volpe, Director of the CardioThoracoVascular Department of the Great Metropolitan Hospital of Reggio Calabria; to the Dr. Giuseppe ZampognaProvincial Vice President of the Order of Surgeons and Dentists of Reggio Calabria.

For his educational, cultural, artistic, social and historical commitment to Prof. Francesco Cernuto, former teacher of Italian and Latin in scientific high schools, Honorary President of the Rhegium Iulii Cultural Club as well as Course Director of the Unitre of Reggio Calabria, of which he was the founder; to the Prof. Giuseppe De Gregory, former scenography teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts of Reggio Calabria, now President and set designer of Blu Sky Cabaret; to the Prof. Sergio Di Giorgio, for its complex and articulated activity aimed at knowledge, protection, safeguarding and valorisation of the cultural, ethnic and musical heritage of Calabria; to the Prof. Vincenzo Naymo, historian, for all his historical research on the Modern Age with particular regard to Southern Italy and Calabria; to the Prof. Domenico Roda’, former Vice Rector at the National State Boarding School “T. Campanella of Reggio Calabria, then Rector at the National Boarding School “P. Galluppi” of Catanzaro, to the artist Antonio Saccà, Painter. Always in constant search of new pictorial artistic experiences, he has created a new pictorial current, Antonio Saccà’s intersectionism, a technique that leads to a new vision of pictorial space.

Award “In memory” to Fortunato Nocera, promoter and General Secretary for over a decade of the Corrado Alvaro Foundation, essayist and narrator; to the Prof. Roberto Petrolino, diocesan president of Catholic Action from 1976 to 1986, regional delegate from 1986 to 1989, director of the shelters of the diocesan Caritas; to the journalist, theater and film actor, director, cultural animator Mimmo Raffa, to the Lady Luigia Tesorone Zema, former Head of the International Association of Padre Pio-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Prayer Groups. For his commitment to sport to the Comm. Mario Scarzella, National President of the Italian Archery Federation (FITARCO) and to the footballer and coach, the 2023 Silver Palm for Sporting Merit Salvatore Laiacona.

For the “Culture” to the Alfonso Frangipane Art Museum, born thanks to the donation of a large patrimony of works donated by Alfonso Frangipane and to the association “Club Postcards”, meeting place created to share art, culture, music and beauty.

Work and professional commitment in institutions and entitiesthe to the Dr. Carmelo Nucera, today Deputy Chief of Cabinet of the Regional Council, former Deputy Chief of Cabinet of the Presidency of the Regional Council, carrying out the “functions” of Chief of Cabinet for the entire period in the XI legislature and in theEng. Sabrina Scalera, Acting Director of the Aspromonte National Park Authority where he has already carried out the functions of Director. A “Life for Work” to Mr. Giuseppe Pellicanò, Coordinator of the team that operates within the Reggio Calabria Central Station. For theArt of awards to Vale Sport serving the City for all sporting, cultural and artistic events since 1982. For Art of nutrition old-fashioned “Sausage shop Musolino” Today Shop for his one hundred and more years of city history. At the opening “Always and forever” video dedicated to Reggio Calabria created by Francesco Nucara. Those awarded were awarded the Saint George medal minted for the occasion by Domenico Colella.

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