Armungia, 50 years after Lussu's death: «A life between fronts and frontiers»
The heartfelt memory of the town of Gerrei, where he was born in 1890Armungia remembered Emilio Lussu a few days before March 5, when it will be 50 years since the death of the Cavaliere dei Rossomori. Lussu in his Armungia: his home in the Cannedu district, the forests of Murdega, a hunting ground, the nuraghe in the village. The village of Gerrei remembered him with the conference organized by the municipal administration and by associations and movements that draw energy from his values and ideas.
In the meeting at the multipurpose center, historians and scholars highlighted the many aspects of his human and intellectual journey . The Lussian kaleidoscope. From the Great War to the birth of the Psd'Az to anti-fascism to literary experience up to his commitment to the Constituent Assembly. A full life, lived intensely between fronts and Frontiers, together with his companion Joyce, with the values of socialism permeated with justice and freedom and an autonomy that has always been an impetus towards a new and modern dimension of Sardinia.
A few months ago, on the first floor of the Centro Polifunzionale, Emilio Lussu's studio was set up, which was located inside Lussu's home studio in Piazza Martiri in Cagliari, targeted on October 31, 1926 by a fascist squad. Armungia recalls all this 50 years after the death of Captain Lussu. In the meantime, the reorganization of his archive has been completed and new indications for scholars are also arriving from his library .
The video includes interviews with the mayor of Armungia Antonio Quartu, with Alberto Cabboi, Head of the Armungia Museums, with Giovanna Granata, professor of Bibliography and Library Science at the University of Cagliari, with Christian Rossi, professor of History of International Relations, and with the Superintendent of Archives of Sardinia Monica Grossi.
