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Mauthausen and then to the extermination camp of Gusen
II, where his father died.
The monument in the Colonnetti Park, created by Roncaglio
many years after the end of the war (in 1992), consists of a
cantilevered stainless steel plate bearing phrases, symbols
and drawings that recall and celebrate the values and the
fallen of the Resistance. In the background of mountains, a
partisan is depicted as he rests his rifle on the side of a
mountain hut. Roncaglio himself stressed that «the partisan
does not bury his rifle and does not hand it over, but hangs
it, ready to defend again the values for which he fought».
Stainless steel is a symbol of indestructibility, just like the
values of the Resistance and the Constitution. «My works –
stated the artist – do not belong to art in the strict sense,
but claim public space as a place of collective memory».
The Roncaglio family lived in the nearby via Onorato Vigliani
172. At its entrance there is a stone, set in the asphalt,
dedicated to Alessandro’s father, Giovanni.
The stone dedicated to G. Roncaglio (photo by F. Vaglio Laurin)
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