Verona Pride colors the whole city: grand finale at the Mura Festival.
The colorful Verona Pride procession, peaceful and festive, crosses the city: it started from piazza Santa Toscana, and then continue in via XX SettembrePonte Navi, Stradone San Fermo, Stradone Maffei, piazzetta Jones, via degli Alpini, piazza Bra. And then Corso Porta Nuova, Piazza Pradaval, via Valverde, Piazza Santo Spirito, via ScalziStradone Porta Palio, via Saffi, via Mura S. Bernardino, Circonvallazione Maroncelli, Bastione San Bernardino and finally Mura Festival, for the grand finale.
The event is sponsored for the first time this year by the municipality of Veronaand is promoted by neo Verona Pride committee.
“Verona Pride – declares Laura Pesce, president of the Pride Committee – it is a moment of celebration and reclamation at the same time, a space in which to finally experience Verona as a city that does not exclude, but rather enhances the individual and collective paths of its citizens. For the first time in the history of this city, Verona Pride has obtained the patronage of the municipal administration. This represents an incredible step forward for us. Verona is a city in which we are finally starting to experience a different climate, also thanks to the dialogue and joint work that has begun among civil society and local institutions”.
“THE rights of the LGBTQIA+ community, as we know, are constantly under threat, and this is why collective moments such as pride events become more fundamental today than ever – adds Serena Cavaletti -. At the same time, it’s about rights we fight for every day and which encompass all aspects of our lives.”
