Matteotti, on the 100th anniversary of Gaetano Manfredi’s death, lays a wreath in front of the tombstone

Exactly one hundred years after the murder of Giacomo Matteottithe mayor of Naples Gaetano Manfredi placed a laurel wreath in front of the plaque which commemorates the commitment of the anti-fascist politician Giacomo Matteotti who, with his interventions at the House of Representatives, he denounced the abuses of the nascent dictatorial regime.

The marble plaque, placed in 1945 in via Pessinain the neighborhood Saint Lawrence, it was recently the subject of a restoration carried out by Napoli Servizi, with the authorization of Superintendency of Fine Arts and Landscapeat the instigation of theCulture Office and in collaboration with the Heritage Service.

«Today we commemorate Giacomo Matteotti – said Mayor Manfredi – and we also do it with the restoration of the plaque dedicated to him in via Pessina. This must be a moment of reflection to reaffirm the anti-fascist roots of our Republic and of our city, as well as an opportunity to remember the sacrifice of Matteotti who testified with his civil and political commitment to the defense of the democratic values ​​of our country. At this moment in which anti-system forces and neo-Nazi forces are also asserting themselves Europeit is more necessary than ever to remember how important the value of democracy is and must be defended every day in the exercise of civil political functions.”

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