Now in Cagliari , less than a kilometer from the street named after Giovanni Maria Angioy, the people's leader par excellence, there is a plaque that commemorates the Sardinian revolution . Sa Die. It was April 28, 1794. The Piedmontese were forced to flee, starting with the viceroy Vincenzo Balbiano who, together with the Savoy officials, five hundred and more loyal, did not agree to assign the Sardinians the requested public offices.
Today's session
The Regional Council celebrates its heroes this morning , resuming for the 31st year that thread between past and present that became the Day of the Sardinian People with a vote of the highest Assembly. This was decided in September 1993. From the following year, the first solemn appointment today in the building on Via Roma will be relived from 11. The choir of the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari will open the celebrations. Then the anthems: the Sardinian, the national and the European. Then Va pensiero by Giuseppe Verdi. «After the institutional greetings of the president Piero Comandini and the councilor for Public Education, Ilaria Portas – it is the program – Antonello Angioni, member of the Sa Die Committee, will speak». Space will be given to “Bateros sa sardidade non este jogu”, the speech-poem by Alessandro Pili. The speeches of the group leaders will follow. The governor Alessandra Todde will close. The final seal will be given by Luca Schirru, launeddas player.
The story
In addition to Cagliari, Bono and Alghero are the epicenters chosen by Portas for this edition of Sa Die . "Three symbolic places," explained the councilor. The capital was the scene of the 1794 uprisings; the municipality of Sassari was the birthplace of Angioy; Vincenzo Sulis was detained in the Catalan city for over twenty years, before Vittorio Emanuele I granted him clemency.
The celebrations
Many initiatives in Cagliari , where Sa Die opened yesterday with the placing of the commemorative plaque on the Palabanda arch and will close with shows in Piazza del Carmine, from 8 pm. The flag bearers, chosen by the Sardinian National Assembly, this year are Caterina Murino, Nicola Riva, Adriana Valenti Sabouret and Daniela Pes. Finale in music with Claudia Aru, Franca Masu and Andrea Andrillo. Also today, on the occasion of Sa Die, the National Museums are offering guided tours in Sardinian. In Alghero, the celebrations are scheduled today at the Espero Reyal, the renamed Torre Sulis. Many initiatives also in Sassari .
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