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The Vergarolla massacre: witnesses tell their story
Tuesday, August 18, 2026, marked the 80th anniversary of the Vergarolla massacre, which occurred on the beach in Polesano on Sunday, August 18, 1946. The beach was packed with families and participants in the Coppa Scarioni races, the Istrian leg of which had been organized by the Pietas Julia sailing club, a long-standing patriot, which would later celebrate its 60th anniversary that evening. It was the first massacre in the history of the Italian Republic, as well as the one with the highest number of victims: 64 were identified (a third of them children), but nearly 50 more bodies were unidentified, so badly damaged had they been by the explosion of the warehouse...
The Forgotten Massacre. Vergarolla and His Hero, Dr. Geppino Micheletti, 1946-2026
As part of the events taking place in Pula to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Vergarolla massacre, the exhibition was curated by the IRCI (Regional Institute for Istrian-Fiuman-Dalmatian Culture), which presented it to the public at its headquarters in Trieste from Remembrance Day 2026 until early July. In Pula, it will be open to the public from August 18th to September 9th. The exhibition catalog is available for free consultation in PDF format on the publisher's website.
The Committee for Recognition of the Relatives of the Foibe Victims has been reconstituted.
The Committee for the Awarding of Recognition to the Relatives of the Victims of the Foibe at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, established by Law No. 92 of March 30, 2004, establishing Remembrance Day, has resumed its activities, consistent with the innovations introduced by the Prime Ministerial Decree of December 19, 2025, particularly significant among which is the possibility for municipal administrations to take the initiative. This Committee is responsible for examining, including from a historical perspective, applications from the families and relatives of those killed or killed in the Foibe, or recognized as missing, requesting the award of a plaque with the inscription "The...
Ceremonies commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Vergarolla massacre
Tuesday, August 18, 2026, marks the 80th anniversary of the Vergarolla massacre. The massacre occurred on the beach in Polesano on Sunday, August 18, 1946, while the shore was packed with families and participants in the Coppa Scarioni races, the Istrian leg of which had been organized by the Pietas Julia sailing club, a long-standing patriotic tradition. It was the first massacre in the history of the Italian Republic, as well as the one with the highest number of victims: 64 were identified (a third of them children), but nearly 50 more bodies were unidentified, so badly damaged had they been by the explosion of the defused mine cache located at the end of the beach. The...
Paolo Sardos Albertini, from Capodistria to the National League of Trieste
From his memories of Italian Koper to the leadership of the National League of Trieste and the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian Exiles, lawyer Paolo Sardos Albertini retraces his family's story and the battles for the Italians of the eastern Adriatic, pointing to hope as the true antidote to nostalgia. The two-part interview by Rosanna Turcinovich Giuricin can be read on the website of the Rijeka newspaper La Voce del...
Commemoration of the 110th anniversary of the death of Nazario Sauro
I die with the sole regret of depriving my dearest and most kind children of their beloved father, but you still have the Fatherland, which will take my place. And by this Fatherland, swear, Nino, and make your brothers swear, when they are old enough to understand, that you will always, everywhere, and above all be Italians. Only a few days remain before the Kingdom of Italy declares war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the irredentist Nazario Sauro, born in Koper on September 20, 1880, who took refuge in Venice when the First World War broke out to avoid having to fight in the Habsburg army, has given his journalist friend Silvio Stringari a letter addressed to his firstborn...
The Voice of the River July-August 2026
The July-August 2026 issue of La Voce di Fiume, the newspaper of the Association of Italian Fiume citizens in the World - Free Municipality of Fiume in Exile, can be freely consulted online or downloaded in PDF format: ample space is dedicated to the events that characterized the Fiume gathering held in the capital of Carnaro to coincide with the patronal feast of San Vito. SUMMARY Help us keep your newspaper alive ... Page 1 The relationship with the Mayor of Fiume ... 3 Latest from our city - Who's coming, who's going... ... 4 Song Festival - a tribute to the Fiume dialect ... 5 The CAI recounts 140 years of history ... 7 The glories of Fiume everywhere...
Giuliani around the World at the Marcinelle commemorations
"It was a pleasure and an honor to open the meeting in Marcinelle, Belgium, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Bois du Cazier mine tragedy, a wound in our history that, seventy years later, we must not forget." These were the words of Pamela Rabaccio, vice president of the Giuliani nel Mondo Association, who represented the AGM at the official ceremonies held on the mine site, now a museum and a World Heritage Site since 2012. On August 8, 1956, 262 miners lost their lives, including 136 Italians and several fellow countrymen from Friuli Venezia Giulia. They were men who left our land to...
The photographic exhibition celebrating Fertilia's 90th anniversary is online.
From July 10 to September 30, 2026, a photography exhibition will celebrate and publicize the history of Fertilia and its community, marking the 90th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the city. The exhibition will be held in two locations: in the lobby of Alghero-Fertilia Airport and on Via Pola in Fertilia, with an open-air installation transforming the center into a veritable open-air museum. The exhibition is dedicated to one of the best-preserved examples of twentieth-century Italian rationalist architecture and to the women who played a key role in the rebirth of this area in northern Sardinia, who, after World War II...
Remembering Vergarolla: Round Table of the Istria Circle
On June 23, 2026, at the Auditorium of the Casa della Musica in Trieste, the Circolo di Cultura Istro Veneta "Istria" organized the round table "Remembering Vergarolla" on the eightieth anniversary of the massacre. Reflections were offered on the significance of the tragic event that profoundly affected the fate of Pula and Istria on the 80th anniversary of the massacre of August 18, 1946. The significance and historical context of a disaster must be understood and studied to foster, by transmitting its memory to younger generations, a new era of dialogue, understanding, and coexistence in this area. Speakers included: Ezio Giuricin, president of the Circolo...
