Vicenza: Day of Remembrance, ceremony in memory of the Istrian exiles who found refuge in the former Cordellina convent

The morning of the 3 February atformer Cordellina college, in contra' Santa Maria Nova 7, the event took place ceremony in memory of the Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian exiles the February 3, 1947 they found refuge in the former convent.

They attended the mayor Giacomo Possamai and the President of the Provincial Committee of Vicenza of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia Coriolano Fagarazzi.

Also present were the vice-prefect Teresa Inglese, Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Vicenza Isabella Sala, Head of the Comprehensive Institute “Vicenza 5” Bianca Maria Lerro, Anna Maria Fagarazzi, sister of Coriolano Fagarazzi, also an exile, and the City Councilor Valerio Sorrentino.

They also have participants some students of the A. Giuriolo secondary school of the Comprehensive Institute 5, which is located in the former Cordellina college, and of the Lioy High School.

«We gather here today to pay homage to the memory of those who, on February 3, 1947, found a safe refuge here after having survived one of the most tragic pages of our history: the horror of the foibe and the Julian-Dalmatian exodus. – said the mayor Giacomo Possamai.

After the end of World War II, tens of thousands of Italians were forced to leave their lands, torn from their homes, deprived of their identity and forced to undertake a painful journey towards uncertainty. Among them were women and children, perhaps the most vulnerable in this tragedy, bearers of a silent but profound suffering.

This former convent, now Opera Pia Cordellina, was for many of them a first shelter, a place of welcome and relief after suffering. Vicenza, like other cities in Italy, knew how to lend a hand to those who had lost everything, demonstrating that humanity and solidarity are stronger than hatred and division.

Vicenza – and I'll close – is and will always be a city that remembers, a city that builds the future on the solid foundations of memory. It is our duty to keep it alive, so that there is no more room for hatred, discrimination, oblivion and indifference.».

Il City of VicenzaIn partnership with Bertoliana civic library, and the Vicenza section of theNational Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia (Anvgd) organized ceremonies and cultural initiatives until the February 26.

Monday 10 February at 10.30pm Major Cemetery of Vicenza is scheduled institutional ceremony with the city authorities at monument to all the victims of the foibe.

The mayor will be present at both events Giacomo Possamai, the prefect Felice Romano and the president of the Provincial Committee of Vicenza of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia Coriolanus Fagarazzi.

La Bertoliana civic library Hosts Tuesday 11 February to 18 a Cordellina Palace, in contra' Riale 12, the historical Gianni Oliva, for the presentation – in dialogue with Elisa Santucci – of his latest essay “45 million anti-fascists. The about-face of a nation that has not come to terms with the twenty-year period” (Mondadori, 2024).

Free admission until all available seats are filled.

From Monday 17th to Friday 28th February the Bertoliana, always a Cordellina Palace, sets up the exhibition “On the wings of the Bora in the roar of the lion. Istria, Fiume, Dalmatia in the inks of Leonardo Bellaspiga (1925-2025)”, open to visitors every day with free admission from 15.30pm to 19pm.

The exhibition – curated by City of Vicenza and Bertoliana civic library, in collaboration with the Vicenza section of theNational Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia (Anvgd) – will come inaugurated on February 17th at 17.30.

To follow, at 18pm, again at Palazzo Cordellina, but in From the Pozza Hall, is scheduled forfree entry meeting with Lucia Bellaspiga, special correspondent of “occur“, entitled “Istria, Fiume, Dalmatia. Lands of drama and beauty".

For information and registration: consultancy.bertoliana@comune.vicenza.it, 0444 578211.

The entire program can be consulted at link here.

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