FLORENCE, ITALY – Tuscany remembers in 2016 the Georgofili bombing set by the Mafia very early in the morning of 27 May 1993 in Florence, Italy.
The official commemoration was held at 9 pm in Piazza della Signoria, with the Brass Band of the Carabinieri and the greeting of the local institutions. Many other initiatives have been organized by the Region of Tuscany, City of Florence and Accademia dei Georgofili. At 10.30 pm Verdi’s Rigoletto will on stage in piazza Signoria. At 1 am a laurel wreath will be placed in Via dei Georgofili.
The large explosion caused the death of five people: Caterina Nencioni (50 days old), Nadia Nencioni (9 years old), Dario Capolicchio (22 years old), Angela Fiume (36 years old), Fabrizio Nencioni (39 years old); 48 other people were wounded.
The attempt was carried on with a Fiat Fiorino full of explosives, parked near the Torre dei Pulci, between the Uffizi and the Arno River. The edifice was the seat of the Accademia dei Georgofili.
The tower and other buildings were destroyed and others damaged, including the Uffizi Gallery, where three paintings were irretrievably destroyed, including an Adoration of the Shepherds (1620) by Gerard van Honthorst.
The massacre was ordered by the Corleonesi mafia clan, led by Totò Riina, in response to the application of the article 41-bis law, by which jailed mafiosi were isolated and put under severe restrictive measures.
The bombing was followed by another two: on 27 July, in Rome, near the churches of St. John Lateran and San Giorgio al Velabro and at Milan, in via Palestro, where another car bomb killed five people.
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