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Common and shared memories on “La Nuova Voce Giuliana”
Issue 437 of January 16, 2022 of "La Nuova Voce Giuliana", the newspaper of the Association of Istrian Communities, contains a broad and detailed excursus on the history of the eastern border by Flavio Fiorentin, born in Verteneglio and exiled from Fiume, former director of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and passionate history scholar. Of particular value is his book "L'eredità del leone. Dal Trattato di Campoformio (1797) alla Prima Guerra Mondiale (1918)" (Aviani & Aviani, Udine 2018). Also interesting are the contributions dedicated to Senator Riccardo Gigante, with particular reference to the exhumation in the mass grave of Cosala, identification and translation...
Burial of Senator Gigante's remains
The burial ceremony of the remains of Senator Riccardo Gigante from Fiume will be held on February 15, 2020 at 11 am at the Vittoriale – Auditorium - Gardone Riviera; admission is free. Program 11 am – gathering of participants in Piazzetta Dalmata – Flag-raising ceremony 11.15 am – Auditorium – The President of the Vittoriale Giordano Bruno Guerri will speak and moderate. Speakers: Senator Maurizio Gasparri Dr. Stefano Bruno Galli – Councilor for Autonomy and Culture of Lombardy General Giuseppenicola Onorcaduti – representative Prof. Giovanni Stelli – president of the Society of Studies...
The people of the Julian-Dalmatian exodus commemorate Gigante and Diana
The ark of the Vittoriale degli Italiani that Gabriele d'Annunzio wanted to dedicate to Senator Riccardo Gigante, an irredentist from Fiume who was among the closest collaborators of the Poet during the Italian Regency of Carnaro, will no longer remain empty. The investigations of the Carabinieri have ascertained that among the human remains found in the mass grave of Castua, near Fiume, thanks to the research carried out by the Society of Fiumani Studies and exhumed last year, there are also those of Gigante and of the vice-brigadier of the Carabinieri Alberto Diana. Both found death as soon as the capital of Carnaro was occupied by the partisan army of Josip Broz "Tito" on May 3, 1945....
