The Mayor of Barga - 4th November – Festa dei Caduti

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rain did not stop the ceremony taking place as the Comune administration commemorated the 4th of November

The 4th of November is a particular day here in Italy. It’s the anniversary of the end of the I World War, and it has been celebrated for a long time as the “Day of victory”. Recently, the original meaning of this celebration, so closely related to war and death, has faded.

Nowadays, indeed, while commemorating all the people who lost their lives during wars, or serving the nation, they now generally reflect about the issue of maintaining the country united and in peace.

Just to add to that change most celebrations no longer take place on the 4th but on the following Sunday.

Today the torrential rain did not stop the ceremony taking place as the Comune administration commemorated the 4th of November along with the Associazione nazionale Alpini.

Wreaths were laid at the plaques to commemorate Leo Giuliani and Fratelli Lombardini in Barga Giardino and at the Monumento ai Caduti where a final wreath was laid to the sound of the last post played on a solitary trumpet.

The last port of call was the San Rocco church in Barga Giardino