On July 9th, 1960, Franco Cigarini films the service for the Reggio Emilia martyrs funerals. On July 7th, in the square opposite to the Romolo Valli Theatre - then called "Cavour Square" - during a union demonstration the police killed five workmen from Reggio Emilia. Ovidio Franchi, Lauro Farioli, Afro Tondelli, Emilio Reverberi, Marino Serri their names. The attendance to the funerals was huge, and the coffins were exposed in front of the Valli Theatre on July 9th. Cavour Square was later named after the event, Piazza Martiri Of July 7th 1960. Huge was the participation of the people of Reggio Emilia to the funerals; high-profile political figures didn't miss the event either, such as Palmiro Togliatti and Ferruccio Parri, whom we see walking side by side in the procession down Garibaldi Avenue.
On July 9th, 1960, Franco Cigarini films the service for the Reggio Emilia martyrs funerals. On July 7th, in the square opposite to the Romolo Valli Theatre - then called "Cavour Square" - during a union demonstration the police killed five workmen from Reggio Emilia. Ovidio Franchi, Lauro Farioli, Afro Tondelli, Emilio Reverberi, Marino Serri their names. The attendance to the funerals was huge, and the coffins were exposed in front of the Valli Theatre on July 9th. Cavour Square was later named after the event, Piazza Martiri Of July 7th 1960. Huge was the participation of the people of Reggio Emilia to the funerals; high-profile political figures didn't miss the event either, such as Palmiro Togliatti and Ferruccio Parri, whom we see walking side by side in the procession down Garibaldi Avenue.