“Today April 24 I was wandering among the chapels of the cemetery of Vibo Valentia where I had visited to greet my dear deceased; I accompanied myself to friend Catanzaro with whom we took a tour throughout the historic part and we could see The degradation and abandonment of many tombs and monuments of illustrious fellow citizens who made the history of our city. I would like to remember that the cult of the dead is a ritual as ancient as the man and his first testimonies date back to the time of prehistory, while in Vibo Valentia we forget to honor the memory of the greats of the past. We were able to see with our eyes that the monument of Enrico Gagliardi, marquis of Panaja is surrounded by a carpet of leaves and pine needles and would need an important polishing of the marble, the tomb-tomb of the dialectal poet Vincenzo admire is very ruined and full of weeds, not to mention the one where the honorable Giacinto Froggio rests, a member of the constituent and a great speaker. Perimeter is adorned with showy tufts of weeds and that of the abbot Pignatari, master of Count Vito Capialbi, also this semi-destroyed and covered by weeds. Among this, three praised exceptions: the tomb of Michele Aiello, professor and man of culture, edited by family members, that of the Murmon (where the fatal haggations of the Poet of Dannunzio Pasquale Enrico Murmino, of the honorable Pasquale Murmura and Senator Antonino Murmino) rest, also this object of care by the family and that of Luigi Razza, of which there are no heirs in our city “.
This is what we read in a note released by Anna Murmuradaughter of Senator Antonino Murma.
“The question arises spontaneously: who protects and protects our history has read the sepulchres of Ugo Foscolo? The illustrious poet in this poem speaks of the need to establish a correspondence of loving senses between deaths and lives precisely through the tombs; the greats of history and their memory constitute, in fact, according to him, a reference model for the young generations. This is not guaranteed, unless there are family members. I remember, to myself before the others, that Luigi Razza is remembered and celebrated in various forms in our city; in fact, the military airport, the stadium, a square, a street, a monumental statue in front of the Cathedral, a bronze bust in the atrium of the Town Hall and a monumental chapel to the cemetery, are dedicated to him.omani all of us celebrate liberation; Italy has freed itself, fortunately from Nazi -fascism for 80 years now, but Vibo Valentia maybe not“.