(ANSA) – GENOA, 01 JUN – An original ballot from the referendum of 2 June 1946 to choose between monarchy and republic, the original bands as mayor from 1848 to the birth of the Republic and original documents from the Napoleonic period in Italy: these are some of the objects period protagonists of the free admission exhibition ‘From the Monarchy to the Republic’, organized in the town hall of Moneglia (Genoa) until 5 June on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the birth of the Republic.
“The exhibition covers a time span of a century and a half – explains the curator Vincenzo Addeo -, through original Napoleonic documents, the manifestos of the Risorgimento uprisings, the documents on the First World War, fascism, the Second World War, the newspapers and posters that they tell of the liberation of Genoa, up to the referendum of June 2, 1946, with the first page of the ‘Corriere della Sera’ entitled ‘The Italian Republic is born’ “.
“Visitors to the exhibition will be able to admire the iconographic evolution of the figure of the mayor as administrator of local autonomy starting from the original bands as mayor from 1848 to 1946 – he underlines -. Visitors will be welcomed by a mannequin of the first woman mayor following the referendum. popular on 2 June, when for the first time in conjunction with the political elections, in addition to the right to vote, the eligibility of women in Italy was recognized “. The opening hours of the exhibition are from 10 to 12 and from 17 to 19. (ANSA).
Source: Ansa
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