"It is impossible to completely heal the wound of what happened with the earthquake. The first thought goes to those who lost their lives nine years ago, even while at work, and to all those who suffered. Today, with this monument dedicated to the victims of the earthquake, it is fixed, ideally combining all the affected territories, an indelible mark in memory of both the terrible tragedy that occurred and the stubborn, extraordinary and exemplary ability of our land to get up, stronger than before ". Thus the president of Emilia-Romagna and commissioner delegated for reconstruction, Stefano Bonaccini, this morning in Medolla, in the Modena area,
at the inauguration of the monument dedicated to all the victims of the 2012 earthquake, on the ninth anniversary of the second earthquake of 29 May
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A bronze sculpture entitled 'Reconciliation', designed by Lisa Buffagni, a former student of the 'Venturi' art institute in Modena.
The monument, initially designed to honor the memory of the workers who fell at the Haemotronic in Medolla, which later became in memory of all the victims of the 2012 earthquake, was placed in the garden next to the Teatro Facchini, also recovered after the damage of the earthquake and inaugurated in 2018.
And the Rinaldi Municipal Theater in Reggiolo is reborn, in the province of Reggio Emilia
: today the inauguration of the foyer and the foyer of the Theater named after Antonio Zerbini, after the necessary renovations after the 2012 earthquake. "The completion of the reconstruction of the public part and of the cultural heritage represents the last phase of a reconstruction largely completed, starting with homes, businesses, schools - says the president of Emilia-Romagna Stefano Bonaccini - It is the most complicated phase, given that these are assets that are often subject to constraints on which the Superintendencies have competence, but equally important, so much so that more and more refurbished works will be inaugurated: they are in fact symbolic spaces and places of culture, civism, identity of local communities ". The interventions on the Rinaldi Theater, divided into two sections,they are included in the plan of public works and cultural heritage of the reconstruction, and foresee a total cost of 2 million and 359 thousand euros, of which over a million of contribution from the Region. In the noble hall of the foyer, which will be used for meetings, conferences and weddings, the curtain representing the 'Triumph of Pallas' by Gianbattista Borghesi has been placed on one wall.
