“Nonna Peppina”, symbol of the 2016 earthquake, died
“Nonna Peppina”, aka Giuseppa Fattori, the elderly lady who became the symbol of the resilience of the populations of Central Italy hit by the 2016 earthquake died yesterday afternoon. The woman would have turned 99 on November 26, and in the days of tragedy of the earthquake of 5 and a half years ago, between the tremors of 24 August and those of 26 and 30 October 2016, she refused to abandon a wooden house built near her home in the small Marche village of San Martino of Fiastra, reduced to a pile of rubble by the earthquake. Casetta was found to be abusive, which was then remedied by an ad hoc decree law called for the occasion “Salva-Peppina decree”.
Nonna Peppina died in the emergency housing
The elderly lady died in the emergency accommodation, with the house still partially to be rebuilt in rubble. in a short time she became the symbol of the people of central Italy who still today struggle for a return to normalcy, and last February she was appointed Commander of the Republic by President Sergio Mattarella. The 98-year-old had just seen the reconstruction work on her native house start, in December 2020. Words of condolence were expressed by the former mayor of Amatrice, now regional councilor of Lazio, Sergio Pirozzi: “Hello sweet Peppina, what have you remembered that you have to fight for your rights, always and in any case – wrote the former mayor of the village in the province of Rieti who became a symbol of the 2016 earthquake – that you didn’t want to leave your village, because the roots are important, because without memory there is no future. Hi Peppina, the example survives men and remains in history. A big hug to your family and to those who loved you “. “Grandma Peppina, a courageous woman who became a symbol of the earthquake that struck Central Italy, left us – added the national president of Fratelli d’Italia, Giorgia Meloni – We will never forget her love and attachment to her land, to her home. Rest in peace. ” (AGI) Ri1Cre 191641 NOV 21 NNNN
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