Tuesday 21 January 2014
10.00am – Anzio – Villa Sarsina, Sala Consiliare
Meeting with students, screening of the movie “Pink Floyd’s The Wall”
Motivations for the awarding of Anzio’s Honorary Citizenship to Roger Waters
Speakers
Luciano Bruschini, Mayor of Anzio
Harry Shindler, British Veteran
Emidio Giovannozzi, Publisher
Mario Fiorentini, Historian
Award presentation: “Se vuoi la pace prepara la pace”
6.00pm – Anzio – Cinema Astoria
Screening of Renzo Volpini’s documentary “Anzio dall’Antico al Moderno”
Laying of floral arrangements
Civil Cementery of Anzio (Santa Teresa)
Monument to Angelita (Riviera Mallozzi)
Reme Workshop Plaque (Lido delle Sirene)
Gordon Higlanders Monument (Lavinio Mare)
German Cementery (Pomezia)
Remembrance Camp (Nettuno)
Wednesday 22 January 2014
8.30am – Beachhead Commonwealth Cemetery – Anzio Falasche
9.00am – War Commonwealth Cemetery - Anzio Santa Teresa
9.30am – Anzio: Plaque Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Landing – Anzio’s Harbour and Plaque Commemorating Spartan
10.15am – Sicily/Rome American Cemetery – Nettuno
11.00am – War Memorial – Piazza Cesare Battisti, Nettuno
12.00am – War Memorial, Piazza Garibaldi, Anzio
Unveiling of granite steel “Anzio in Memory of its Deads and all the Missing”
11.00am–6.30pm – Anzio Beachhead Museum – Villa Adele
Poste Italiane’s special cancellation in occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Landing
Thursday 23 January 2014
Remembrance Visits
9.30am – Campo di Carne
Monument “Il Graffio della Vita” dedicated to all the victims of the Second World War
11.00am – Piazza Berlinguer, Campoleone – Lanuvio
Unveiling of the plaque “From the Landing of Anzio to the Battle of Lanuvio”
Friday 24 January 2014
10.00am – Aula Magna – I.P.S.S.A.R. “Marco Gavio Apicio”
Book presentation: “La Battaglia di Anzio” (“The Battle of Anzio”)
Speakers: Claudio Fracassi (author) and Giovanni Del Giaccio (journalist, Il Messaggero)
Roundtable discussion with students
Saturday, January 25, 2014
10.00am – Anzio Beachhead Museum – Tor Caldara – Torre Astura
Military Vehicles Parade towards “Peter Beach”
12.45am – Anzio East Beach (Riviera Zanardelli)
Return of the Parade
3.00pm – Anzio East Beach (Tirrena – “X Ray Beach”)
Reconstruction and simulation of the landing with amphibious vehicles – Second World War aircrafts over-flight – Paratroopers exhibition – Vehicles and military aircrafts exhibition (courtesy of the Historical Museum of Motor Vehicles of the Italian Army and Italian Air Force’s “Vigna di Valle” History Museum)
5.30pm – Paradiso sul Mare (Riviera Zanardelli)
Book presentation: “La balena arenata” (“The beached whale”) by Claudio Morino (author)
6.30pm – Paradiso sul Mare (Riviera Zanardelli)
Theater play: “Shingle. Diari scritti dai padri per i nostri figli” (“Shingle. Diaries written by the fathers for our children”) inspired by the landing, the displacement of the population and the story of Angelita
Sunday, January 26, 2014
9,30am – Anzio Beachhead Museum
Meeting of military vehicles and parade through the city center (stops in Piazza Garibaldi and Piazza Pia). Third edition of the photo contest.
12.45am – Anzio East Beach (Riviera Zanardelli)
Military Vehicles Parade
3.00pm – Anzio East Beach (Tirrena – “X Ray Beach”)
Reconstruction and simulation of the landing with amphibious vehicles – Second World War aircrafts over-flight – Paratroopers exhibition – Vehicles and military aircrafts exhibition
CULTURAL EVENTS
Circomare Anzio – Harbour
Exhibition “Flags on the Sea” (6th Edition) in collaboration with “Warriors at Anzio”
(Opening: 17 January 2014 at 11am – Until: 26 January 2014 – Opening times: 9am-1pm – 3pm-6pm)
Villa Adele – Anzio Beachhead Museum
Exhibition: Model-making and historical uniforms
(Opening: 21 January 2014 at 5.30pm – Until: 26 January 2014 – Opening times: 10.30am-1pm – 4pm-6pm)
Paradiso sul Mare – Riviera Zanardelli
Exhibition: “Cittadella della memoria” (“Citadel of memory”)
Pictures, historical uniforms and flea market “Militaria”
(Opening: 24 January 2014 at 5.30pm – Until: 26 January 2014 – Opening times: 10.30am-1pm – 4pm-6pm)
Enogastronomia
From 21 to 26 January 2014, all restaurants showing the logo of the initiative will offer fixed-price menus prepared according to old recipes of the local portodanzese cuisine.
Tuesday 18 February 2014
9,30am – Campo di Carne
Unveiling of the commemorative plaque in memory of Eric Fletcher Waters, in the presence of his son, Pink Floyd’s bass player and singer Roger Water
12.00am – Anzio – Villa Sarsina, Sala Consiliare
Extraordinary meeting of the City Council and conferral of the Honorary Citizenship of Anzio to Roger Waters, in memory of his father who lost his life during the battle of Anzio – Operation Shingle – on the 18th of February, 1944
5.30pm – Anzio – Villa Sarsina
Seminar “Pink Floyd Legend: From Anzio to the Final Cut” by Paolo Carnelli (journalist)
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4 June 2014 – 10.30am – Villa Sarsina
Book presentation: “Dallo Sbarco di Anzio alla Liberazione di Roma. Testimonianze dei veterani anglo-americani” (“From the Battle of Anzio to the Liberation of Rome. Witnesses from Anglo-American veterans”)
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July/August
Exhibition and military vehicles parade through the city center. Meeting point: Anzio Beachhead Museum – Stops in Piazza Garibaldi, Piazza Pia (Anzio) and Piazza Lavinia (Lavinio)
Piazza Pia
Exhibition of military uniforms and war pictures on behalf of the Anzio Beachhead Museum in collaboration with the Municipality of Anzio
Villa Adele Theater
PINK FLOYD LEGEND in concert – Orchestral rendition of “The Final Cut” and all the most celebrated songs of Pink Floyd
Book presentations and cultural initiatives in occasion of the 70th Anniversary on the topic:
“If you want peace, get ready for peace”
Il Presidente del Museo dello Sbarco, patrizio Colantuono
L’Assessore alla Cultura, Laura Nolfi
Il Sindaco, Luciano Bruschini
Anzio, 19 dicembre 2013
