3rd of Agoust 1944 the destruction of Florence bridges

[Sergio Natali]

Hi Norman

This country is full of history, did you know that in Italy there is over the 75% of the world cultural beauties?
I often say that almost in every little village there is at least a castle or an old church.

Apart from that, there still are many wounds of the last war; after the Armistice of the 8th Sept. 1943 about 50% of the people were still on Mussolini's side and the other half against it.

Here in Turin for instance, now nobody notices any more that on many walls there are some sort o markers with inscriptions of partisans that were killed by the Germans in the years 1943/45

People seem to forget very quicky the horrors of the past, while I can still remember the stories of my father (WWII) and the few I can remember of my grandfather (WWI)

Let me know when you'll come to Italy.

Sergio