It was a tragic Valentine's Day when five miners from Abruzzo who had just arrived in Carbonia lost their lives in the bowels of the earth in the newly created large "Serbariu" mine. It was February 14, 1938 . Since then they have rested in the ancient cemetery of the village of Serbariu: their common grave is cared for with devotion.
So much devotion that it ended up attracting the admiration of Giampaolo Rosato, mayor of Taranta Peligna , a small town in Abruzzo where 4 of the 5 dead miners were originally from (Domenico Marinelli, the brothers Nicola and Amadio Merlino, Nicola Santarelli, instead was from Blade of the Peligni Domenico Silvestri).
Thus, the mayor of Taranta Peligna decided to pay homage to the Municipality of Carbonia with a letter for those he now considers children of Sulcis : «Dear mayor - says Rosato addressing his colleague Pietro Morittu - thanks to the work of volunteers and employees of the municipality the old cemetery of Carbonia has been the object of care, cleaning and maintenance together with the tombs where the bodies of Tarantolesi who died in the tragic accident in the mines have rested for decades: it is a comfort for my community that the distance over the years and in space does not hinder the willingness to give dignity to those burials ".
Rosato adds: «Even more exciting is perceiving how these men, who died far from home and to guarantee at home the freedom and dignity that work ensures, were in some way adopted by the men and women born in the land where they rest for always . In a world that is increasingly superficial and attentive only to appearances, it is something that cannot be taken for granted».
Words to which Morittu replies by arguing in turn that "we are ready to pick up the threads of this painful history that unites two peoples capable of suffering". The councilor for Culture Giorgia Meli also speaks of "sister communities in pain and fatigue": "The five miners from Abruzzo are also our children".
