PRESS RELEASE (14/4/2015)
From April 16 to 26, a Loano, the Hall Mosaic of Doria Palace will host an exhibition entitled “1945 - 2015, 70th Anniversary Liberation of Loano”, organized by the Loano section “Renato Boragine” of the’National Association of Partisans of Italy under the auspices of the Municipality of Loano.
The exhibition promoted on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Loano, which occurred on April 25, 1945, will bring together photographs, documents, articles, and testimonies on the Resistance lived in the Loano area and its hinterland, the fallen Partisans, episodes of the war (bombings, mines on the beach, etc.), racial laws (original documents from the Loano archive on racial persecution) and measures against Jews at Loano. On the exhibition tour there will be original documents and posters from the Liberation, drawings by the third grade students of the Mazzini-Ramella Secondary School.
“The exhibition designed to celebrate the 70th Anniversary Liberation of Loano - says the mayor Luigi Pignocca - is part of a larger project, which kicked off more than a year ago with the idea competition “A Sign for Memory.”,developed in collaboration with the’Falcone Institute of Loano,and continued with the construction and unveiling of the new monument to the fallen soldiers of the Resistance.
The Monument, located at the mouth of the Nimbalto River, commemorates the partisans and civilians who died in the liberation struggle 1943 - 1945, reminding everyone of the values and emblems for which they sacrificed their lives. I would like to thank the Loano section of ANPI “Renato Boragine” for its great efforts in involving young people and spreading the values of the Resistance.”
