Today is the 75th anniversary of the sinking of the Battleship Roma and the destroyers Da Nola and Vivaldi, which occurred in the North of Sardinia on September 9, 1943, following a German air attack. Precisely for these events, with Decree Law No. 260 of May 27, 1949, the institution of the “Sailors' Memorial Day [...]
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On Saturday 9 September, the “Day of Remembrance of the Sailors Disappeared at Sea” will be celebrated at the National Monument to the “Sailor of Italy” in perennial memory of the sacrifice of military and civilian sailors who disappeared at sea. The anniversary is considered a civil solemnity and is commemorated every year in Brindisi on 9 September at the Monument to the sailor [...]
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