"Mural created in 2023 by Francesco Del Casino at Hotel Clelia (Ustica), near Casa Manfrè (inhabited in 1926/27 by Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci). The mural features Gramsci's famous quote: 'Educate yourselves, because we will need all of your…
Plaque placed in September 2024 at Hotel Clelia (Ustica), near Casa Manfrè (inhabited in 1926/27 by Amodeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci) during a ‘Memory Trip’ on the island of Ustica, organized by the ANPPIA (National Association Italian Antifascist…
The names of the 437 Libyan deportees who died on the Tremiti Archipelago between 1911 and 1912 are engraved on a plate situated on the right side of the Mausoleum.
The picture depicts the religious symbols that were part of the original monument, comprising a minaret with a crescent on top of it. The minaret tower has collapsed due to adverse weather conditions and now rests on the grass surrounding the…
The plaque was placed by the local Centro Studi e Documentazione Isola di Ustica (Centre for Studies and Documentation [of the] Island of Ustica) in 2000 to mark the centenary of Nello Rosselli's birth. The plaque reads:
" Nello Rosselli (1900-1937)…
The street name 'I cameroni' refers to the dorm rooms where suspected criminals and anti-fascists were 'hosted' on the island. It is one of the very few visibile signs of the island's past as site of confinement.
Tribute to Libyan Deportees (Ponza), May 2023. In May 2023, the National Association Italian Antifascist Political Prisoners (ANPPIA) organised a group trip to Ponza, where participants learnt about the history of Fascist confinement. During the…
The plaque was placed on the façade of the house where Antonio Gramsci and
Amodeo Bordiga (among the founders of the Italian Communist party) were sent to confinement by the Fascist regime, to mark the 50th anniversary of Gramsci’s death. The…
The plaque reads:
'In memory of thousands of Italian, Albanian, Ethiopians, Yugoslavians Anti-fascists confined to this island during the dictatorship years because they did not renounce thier idals of justice, peace and freedom'.