who rises to Logarghena has, today, as a privileged point of reference, the "monument" (a round piece of marble, reminiscent of a broken tree) located right on the ridge, at a small chapel with, inside, a picture of Madonna.
That monument was restored in 2002, as well as the chapel, to care for family members of four young Valdantena who, at Logarghena the beginning of August 1927, had left the life for "the explosion of a projectile .
An inexplicable fact for many, who wonder how this could happen in a place that had never before been the scene of war (it would be, but fifteen years later ...) and that, indeed, already in those years, was known as the home of one of the most loved by those who enjoy the beauty of our mountains: the "Festival of daffodils" since then drew people from Lunigiana , from La Spezia and Parma ..
was about 11 of August 2, 1927 when a muffled roar shook the peace of the whole valley. consumed, Thus, in a moment the tragedy of four boys. who along with two friends, had found in a meadow, not far from the place where the monument now stands, a bullet remained unexploded cannon were made after military exercises in the area of \u200b\u200bthe 7th Regiment of artillery.
The soldiers had placed their guns on the main road Cisa, at Badalucco, and from there a few days earlier, had shot up Logarghena. In those days the village of Toplecca (from where they came from three young people dead, the other was Casalina) had been evacuated, but then finished the tutorial, everything had returned to normal, so Valentino Botti Gaulle (23 years), Alfredo Lisoni (aged 16), John Piagneri (13 years) and Attilio Romei (14 years), along with Peter and Peter Piagneri Belforti, had returned to their mountains, as well as others, to lead the cows to pasture usual. The find the bullet, the look, move and, perhaps, strike him with the tip of a pen to check its consistency (as evidenced by the two survivors, one of whom, Peter Piagneri, then a priest who became, for many years every August 2 was Logarghena went to celebrate a Mass to pray and to remember his friends) was a tragic game.
Piagneri Lino, who was among the first to flock together with a charcoal burner, who was working nearby, could not help but load on his shoulders the Belfort (as did the coal with Peter Piagneri), stopping to wash his wounds and run towards the village. To all those who repeated meetings not to run because, for those who were still up there, there was nothing left to do. There were only a little distance, a few girls who cried desperately. The deaths of four boys had been instantaneous. The reports drawn up by Dr. Pius Bertolini, medical amnesty to Molinello, cite as causes of death, Valentino Botti Gaulli the "removal of its head , Alfredo Lisoni a" penetrating wound in the heart region " for Attilio Romei a "wound of the aorta arch" and John Piagneri "three for trauma wounds in the heart region" . Valdantena The parish priest, Don Giuseppe Gaverina in the register of the Dead, where he notes that death had occurred "ob mortem improvvisam explosionis projectiles because hora tenth spot Meadows Logarghena first ante meridiem" writes, next to the name of Valentino Botti Gaulle "Of the same death also died the following three. Overkill indicated by Meadows Logarghena to bring the poor young Cemetery 4. Just heard the news I went there, but died instantly. Domine, dele iniquitates eorum " .
eighty years have passed since that tragic August 2 and now the memories are fading direct. But I still feel the elders tell of unnecessary recommendations of caution to young people who rose to Logarghena: "be careful what you find (there was also a man who tried to stop the six young men decided to go up there where four of them would shortly afterwards met his death), of "miracles" for other lucky to have escaped a similar fate, "we cursed the woman who was prevented from boarding Logarghena - he used to tell the part of another group forced to withdraw from climbing the hill - and Instead we found that was, its a providential intervention. " Or, rather, the story of Alfredo Lisoni that that day would have come down with his mother in Pontremoli, the "Pardon of Assisi" and the purchase of a new pair of shoes. But then he changed his mind and, thus, for the last time he went up to Logarghena.
When the tragedy on the grass, a few years, Italy had fallen under the fascist regime, the idea of \u200b\u200ba beautiful country to be transformed into military power was strong and could not be certainly a regrettable accident stop the system. When, a few days later, the military exercises came to an end, the Officers of the Seventh Artillery was offered a lavish party at the expense of the Municipality Pontremolese. In the acts of those days, not even a word about what had happened. Indeed. They were not a few threats, not too veiled, which were made against a father who sought justice and was urged to sit quiet, to avoid worse problems. Admitted that there could be worse problems for the death of a child for a grazing left without rehabilitation exercise after shooting ...
