July 19th

On July 19th 1944 the Allied troops, with the help of local partisans, freed the city of Livorno. Every year a ceremony takes place at the “Bassorilievo al Partigiano” (Bas-relief to the Partisan) commemorating the event and the many Livornesi fallen in the Resistance.

External links: Italian resistance movement (Wikipedia)

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Flor de Chavín

[Photos by Trillian]

This year recurs the centenary of the birth of the Livornese poet Giorgio Caproni (Livorno, January 7, 1912 - Rome, January 22, 1990).Last Monday the sculpture “Flor de Chavín”, a work of the Peruvian sculptor Joaquìn Roca Rey, was installed in “Piazza Giorgio Caproni” with a simple ceremony.The Peruvian sculptor and the Livornese poet became acqained during their stay in Rome. The work is a gift from the Roca Rey family to the city of Livorno. The actor Blas Roca Rey, son of the sculptor, and his wife, the actress Amanda Sandrelli, attended the ceremony, reading some poems of Giorgio Caproni.

See also: Piazza Giorgio Caproni
External links: Joaquìn Roca Rey - Chavín culture - Giorgio Caproni (Wikipedia)

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Foreign Navies 2012

The delegations of the Navies present to the 29th TAN paraded yesterday on “Via Grande”, gathering then in “Piazza del Municipio” (Town Hall Square) for a simple ceremony. The Navy band was playing all along.Alessandro Cosimi, the mayor of Livorno, was on the balcony of Town Hall with the commander of the Naval Academy, the Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone.The cadets of every Navy present at the Trophy were carrying their flags.The marble staircase of Town Hall festooned with flags at the end of the ceremony.The flags were arranged in alphabetical order at the right of the Italian Navy flag, continuing on the other side of the staircase.

Search labels: TAN - Tuttovela
See also: Piazza del Municipio - Town Hall - Foreign Navies 2010 - Foreign Navies 2011
External links: Italian Naval Academy

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Foreign Navies

Today was the day of the parade of the foreign Navies present to the 27th TAN.After a short walk along “Via Grande” the delegations arrived in “Piazza del Municipio” (Town Hall Square) for a simple ceremony.The Navy band was playing all along for the joy of the many kids from the local elementary schools.This is an official picture downloaded from the website of the 27th TAN. It was taken inside the “Accademia Navale”, in front of the interred brigantine.

Search labels: TAN - Tuttovela

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Fanfara dei Carabinieri

Going further backward in time, before the ball in Piazza della Repubblica, there was a concert of the “Fanfara dei Carabinieri” (Carabinieri's brass band), with the traditional 1816 uniforms.The Carabinieri, created by the King of Savoy in 1814, long before the Italian unification, were modeled on the French Gendarmerie, with similar duties.If you like band music, check the Carabinieri website and download (free of charge) any mp3 you wish of their most famous concerts. You can find national anthems, “Strangers in the Night”, “White Christmas”, “Star Wars”, opera themes and Neapolitan songs.

See also: The Austrians Are Coming - Shall We Dance? - Balliamo

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Piazza Giorgio Caproni

Yesterday a new square was dedicated to the poet Giorgio Caproni. He was born in Livorno in 1912 (the same generation of Bertolucci, Bigongiari, Gatto, Luzi, Sereni), where he lived until his family moved to Genoa when he was ten years old. The Ligurian city will become a mythical city in many of his poems. As an elementary school teacher he worked in several small towns until he moved to Rome in 1939. He fought the 2nd World War and was actively involved in the “Resistenza”.His life lacked great events with the exception of the deaths of his young first love and, in 1950, of his mother. He lived a quiet life with a beloved wife, a son and a daughter, supported by a secure job as teacher.Caproni's poetical production has been constant, without significant gaps, with a brief silence right after the end of the war. He died in Rome in 1990.

External links: Giorgio Caproni (Encyclopedia Britannica) - Giorgio Caproni - Resistenza (Wikipedia)

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