(ANSA) – FLORENCE, 01 APR – ” Feeling the affection that still surrounds my father’s name warms the heart of my family ”. The emotion of Francesco Franchi and his sister Giovanna will be stronger than ever tomorrow when at 12, in the Cortile di Michelozzo in Palazzo Vecchio, the exhibition dedicated to their parent will be inaugurated, 100 years after his birth. This is the first of the events that will mark the celebrations until 4 April. The exhibition will be open in the presence of family members, the president of Lega Pro Francesco Ghirelli, the president of Tuscany Eugenio Giani and the mayor of Florence Dario Nardella and will retrace the life and career of Artemio Franchi from childhood to war, passing through Fiorentina. , the foundation of the Serie C League (then semi-professional League), the presidency of the FIGC and Uefa, the vice presidency of Fifa up to the most intimate aspects.
‘Franchi yesterday, today and tomorrow’ is divided into five photographic areas: the first part tells about childhood and youth and the war diaries are displayed in the display cases which describe the dramatic moments of his imprisonment in a concentration camp and the bombings of Florence, and then telegrams from the front, drawings, newspapers and photos with fellow soldiers up to the poems that Artemio Franchi dedicated to the cities of his heart, Florence and Siena, and to the original marriage proposal made to his beloved Aldina. The aspects of the career are set out in the following sections which include, among others, the hiring contact of Franchi with Fiorentina, the official press release that sanctions the birth of Serie C, the unpublished documents written by the FIGC president on the balance sheets of all the series teams. A, the medals and photos of the birth of Coverciano. Among the curiosities a private letter from the then President of the Republic Sandro Pertini to Franchi and the suitcase that accompanied him during his trips. In the most intimate space, here is the image of the Tuscan executive with the scarf of the Tower, his ‘his own’ district in Siena, the one that portrays him with Pope Wojtyla, the graduation publications. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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