(ANSA) – ROME, FEBRUARY 28 – With the symbolic throwing of coins from the old Lire into the Trevi Fountain, echoing the gesture made on the same date exactly 20 years ago by Alberto Sordi, the “Official celebrations of Italian Lira and the Euro “. The event – conceived by the journalist and Unimeier professor Sandro Sassoli and promoted by Aerec, European Academy for Economic and Cultural Relations, with the high patronage of the European Parliament and the Municipalities of Venice and Rome – celebrates the transition from the Lira to the Euro . The task of repeating the throwing of the coins, the old 100 Lire, into the fountain was entrusted to Mara Venier. The conductor, Venetian by birth but Roman for many years now, represents an “ideal bridge between Rome and Venice, where the first Italian Lira was minted in 1472”, Sassoli said. “Remembering the Lira – he added – is a duty because it has forever marked the history of Italy and has crossed the lives of many Italians.
The Celebrations are intended to be an affectionate reminder of this passage, through society, cinema, theater, music, economy, education “. A” day of celebration, but also very sad, due to the war events that they stain Europe with blood “, recalled Aerec president Ernesto Carpintieri.” The Lira, the currency, binds a country. Let us remember it with serene nostalgia, not regret “, he added. Don Pietro Sigurani,” priest of the last “, also participated in the inauguration, to whom Aerec donates contributions for his work in favor of the needy, and a delegation from Soave , Municipality of Verona that will erect this year a Monument to the Lira Tron, the first lira in Italian history, made with the precious yellow marble of Lessinia. (ANSA).
Source: Ansa
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