Sassari, to Mario Segni the special Golden Candlestick 2023
The emigrant who has lived abroad for the longest time and the one who lives on the peninsula will also be rewarded
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Mario Segni was awarded the special 2023 Golden Candlestick in Sassari. This was decided by the commission formed by the mayor Nanni Campus, the councilor for Culture Laura Useri and the manager Alberto Mura, the president of the Intergremio Città di Sassari Fabio Madau , the member of the Faradda Historical Commission Antonello Mattone and the journalist and writer Cosimo Filigheddu.
The ceremony took place this evening in Piazza Santa Caterina.
«Mario Segni - reads the motivation -, uniting juridical knowledge with political practice, has honored the noblest tradition of participation of the citizens of Sassari in not only local but also national and international events, which starting from the uprisings of the Risorgimento up to our days has given prestige to our city, among the few in Italy to be able to boast the honor of having given the nation two heads of state. Witness and protagonist of crucial moments in Italian political events between two centuries, with his example of civil commitment he is an important reminder of an increasingly aware, participatory and active role in public life for all citizens, especially young women generations".
Segni was born in Sassari in 1939.
The Candeliere d'Oro was also delivered to the Sassari native who has lived abroad for the longest time and returns to Faradda, who went this year Luigi Manca born on 24 December 1948, emigrated from September 1972 and now residing in Naperville, in the 'Illinois, and Silver for those who live on the continent, attributed to Roberto Pirino, born in Sassari on December 16, 1957, emigrated on October 27, 1960 and resident in the Municipality of Albenga, in the province of Savona.
The ceremony was accompanied by musical interludes by the Reinas trio, made up of Valeria Secchi (guitar and lead vocals), Viola Tanca (choirs and electric bass) and Aurora Cossu (choirs and percussions) who grew up musically within the Student Corale Città di Sassari and the Vocal Ensemble Nova Euphonia, with the aim of forming the first female acoustic tribute band in Sardinia. The young artists began with Tazenda's song “Mother Earth” and then continued with Queen's Show must go on and A kind of magic to close the evening with an interpretation of the Ave Maria in Sardinian.
(Unioneonline/ss)
