Piazza Brigata Maiella - EN

A) TRANSLATION OF THE LICENCE PLATE

The naming of the square in honor of the Maiella Brigade reminds us that it was born in Casoli. From the study of the morphology of urban development over the centuries, it is clear that the square has become the fulcrum of the town, just as Piazza del Popolo was in the nineteenth century and Piazza Umberto I in the twen-tieth century. The rise of the formation throughout Italy, the fighting between the Marche and Romagna, the entry into Bologna, the end of the march in Asiago, the dissolution in Brisighella on July 15, 1945, the names of the dead and disabled, the gold medal on the flag and the honors attributed to the his men, are historically re-cognized facts. Scholars have woven together the political and military skills of the commander of the Brigade, Ettore Troilo, the merits of Major Lionel Wigram for the of-ficial recognition, by his recalcitrant superiors, of the Maiella Group as an organiza-tion fighting alongside the allies, before in command of the English V Army Corps and, then, under that of the Polish II Army Corps of the legendary general Anders. The Maiella group was unique in the Italian resistance panorama. Its non-partisanship and its republican faith, together with the fact that the Brigade was the only formation to fight outside the region where it was formed, differentiate the piglets from other groups fighting for freedom, covering them with a historical pati-na of universal national ideology and moral purity, which other partisan groups of different political origins cannot always boast.

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