(18 October, 2016) A theatre performance to commemorate and pay tribute to the Italian victims of one the greatest mining tragedies of the 20th century and in the history of Italian emigration, along with the mining accident of Marcinelle: 262 died in the Arsia incident. “262 hanging pieces of clothing” is the title of the peace staged by Alessandro Idonea in the context of the Italian language in the World Week, in the small Croatian town of Albona, located just a few kilometres from Arsia. Both Arsia and Albona were once Italian territories at the time of the tragedy on 28 February, 1940. Today, they are a part of Croatia, in the region of Istria. The Italian consul to Croatia, the Italian Ambassador, representatives of the Popular University of Trieste and Laura Garavini (elected foreign deputy to the EU) attended the theatre performance. (9colonne)
