The Easter day, The three crosses on Mount S. Elia were painted with a black mural.
“This episode has turned on a debate in the last hours and many have asked ourselves about the meaning of that representation that, undoubtedly, appeared powerful“, The mayor of Palmi, Giuseppe Ranuccio wrote in a post.
Whether it is a reference to a story of medical malpractice, a warning on the horror of Gaza or simply an impromptu and very personal expression of the writer, “the point is that public places cannot be the subject of initiatives of this kind without any authorization, even when it comes to noble messages”, continues the first citizen.
For this reason, in the next few hours the monument to Calvary, which has a profound meaning in the history and culture of our city, will be restored and painted white.
“I take the opportunity – concludes Ranuccio – to say that I follow the tragic events of the Gaza Strip daily and carefully and always, while rejecting the logic of terrorism, are close to the reasons of the Palestinian people.
The civilians killed under the bombs, many girls and many boys victims of the cruel madness of some rulers, hit us every day with the tragic images that come from war theaters around the world. Our city refuses the war.
To give concreteness to this idea and to launch a message of peace from Palmi, in recent months I have commissioned a mural that we will soon present to our community “.