Do not insult Garibaldi and leave him where he is. Thundering is Antonello Tedde , president of the ANVRG of La Maddalena (National Association of Veterans and Veterans Garibaldi), who "strongly condemns the video that has appeared on the web for ten days in which fellow citizens have insulted and insulted against the bronze statue depicting Giuseppe Garibaldi ".
The work, placed on a granite bench in the Piazza that bears the name of the Hero, was inaugurated in 2012. Created by the Milanese sculptor Carlo Pozzi, it was strongly desired by the late mayor Mario Birardi, former deputy and senator of the PCI, and great was , at the unveiling, the participation of authorities and citizens.
"Taking note of the necessary apologies already represented by the authors of the gesture - continues Tedde - the Association announces, on the possible displacement of the statue , that this must remain the place where it was happily positioned, testifying to a historical figure who sat on the bench of the then Piazza degli Olmi, probably when he was alive, he met and chatted with the then inhabitants and islanders friends ”. The bronze statue is in fact reached and admired by thousands and thousands of tourists, throughout the year and not only in summer , also to take a nice souvenir photo with the Hero of the Two Worlds who, in addition to " do "Italy, in Caprera he lived for 27 years, until his death.