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Arsia remembered the 185 victims of the 1940 mining tragedy
Sponsored by the Municipality of Raša and the "Giuseppina Martinuzzi" Italian Community of Labin, in collaboration with the People's University of Trieste, a solemn commemoration was held last Saturday in Raša to commemorate the 86th anniversary of the mining tragedy of February 28, 1940, which claimed the lives of 185 miners and injured 146 others, leaving an indelible mark on the history of the town and the entire region. It was an intense day, marked by shared memory and international cooperation, which renewed the historical, cultural, and human ties between Italy and Croatia. The initiative was attended by numerous and heartfelt civil authorities and...
Arsia, a forgotten tragedy
On Thursday 27 February, the round table promoted by the Circolo di cultura istroveneta "Istria" Arsia, una tragedia dimenticata took place at the auditorium of the Casa della Musica in Trieste. It was an opportunity to remember the sacrifice of the 185 miners who died in what was the greatest mining tragedy that had ever happened in Italy at the time, and to commemorate all the martyrs of work. A moment of reflection to express the need to promote knowledge and memory of a disaster, often "forgotten" and removed from the collective conscience, which deeply shook Istria, and to reiterate the importance, today, of electing that sacrifice as a symbol of common commitment,...
The former Arsia mine opens to visitors
A 1,5 km guided tour has been set up along the Carlotta Gallery, which was in operation from 1928 to 1966. The first stage of the ambitious project to transform the place of hard work, sweat, pain and even tears into content aimed at enhancing the history of the town in terms of cultural tourism, which will open its doors to the first visitors on July 17, has been completed. "The gallery in its new guise," explained the director of the municipal tourist board Jasmin Mahmutović at the presentation press conference, is part of a larger project, the Kova Experience, where kova in the typical local Chakavian dialect means mine. As later explained...
Commemorations of the victims of Arsia
The Istrian-Venetian Cultural Circle “Istria”, in collaboration with the Trade Unions, the Interregional Trade Union Council, the Provincial Consulate of Trieste of the Federation of Masters of Labor and other local and regional entities, organizes a commemoration ceremony in memory of all the martyrs of labor and the victims of the disaster that occurred in the Istrian coal mines of Arsia on February 28, 1940. This was the greatest tragedy that occurred in Italian territory at the time, in which 186 workers lost their lives. The ceremony will take place on Monday, February 28 at 17:00 p.m. in front of the Monument to the Fallen at Work in Largo Ugo...
Forgotten Arsia
Excerpt from the teleconference "The mining tragedy of Arsia 28 February 1940" carried out by the Provincial Committee of Milan of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia on Thursday 11 March 2021. PREAMBLE If Vergarolla must be considered the bloodiest massacre that has occurred in Italy since the proclamation of the republic to date, the tragedy of Arsia, an Istrian coal district, constitutes the most painful mining tragedy, with victims that far exceed those recorded in Marcinelle in Belgium. Livio Dorigo, president of the Circolo Istria, notes in the preface to the monograph "ARSIA 2007": The border events have produced a...
The bell in memory of the miners of Arsia
The commemorative bell for the 185 miners who died in the Arsia mines on February 28, 1940, in the explosion of the tunnels full of gas and coal dust, has arrived in Trieste. The bell, after the blessing imparted by Archbishop Giampaolo Crepaldi in the courtyard of the Episcopal Seminary. The brief ceremony was also attended by Mayor Roberto Dipiazza and Councilor Michele Lobianco. 70 centimeters high, with a diameter of the same and weighing 2 quintals, the bell is the result of the bronze casting that took place in the Pontifical Foundry of Agnone (Isernia). It was wanted by Professor Michele Maddalena, a professor from Formia (Latina) who for years has taken to heart the issue of the...
Alfano remembers the Arsia tragedy: 185 Italian miners dead
Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano recalled in a note released by the Farnesina the tragedy of Arsia, in Istria, which occurred on February 28, 1940. A tragedy in which 185 Italian miners lost their lives, in what is to date the most serious accident at work in the entire history of the country. "I extend my heartfelt thanks to all Italians abroad," Alfano emphasized, "for the commitment, seriousness and passion with which they carry out their work every day, sometimes in adverse conditions and even to the point of supreme sacrifice, thus contributing to consolidating Italy's image in the world...
