Culture, Gorizia welcomes Pro Loco FVG with their food and wine typicality

“Cards – said the Unpli National President Antonino La Spina, present at the Gorizian inaugural day – which symbolize the commitment of our Pro Loco world in supporting a city that after the division of the border in the mid -twentieth century lives today a new union at the level European. Viva Nova Gorica and Gorizia capital of shared and alive culture also Friuli Venezia Giulia, a territory that stands out for the strong spirit of community and a sense of belonging. Here our associations work every day alongside municipalities and regional institutions to strengthen attractiveness, identity and connections between local realities, creating not only new growth opportunities, but above all protecting and enhancing the priceless intangible heritage cultural of a territory that has given a lot to the history of our country. In Gorizia the border has also marked the city in its cultural intangible heritage and right here we have given news for the first time that the next issue of our national magazine, Rainbow, will treat this theme in the next issue with a special dedicated to the city and Friuli Venezia Giulia “.

La Spina met the mayor of Gorizia Rodolfo Ziberna together with the president of the Unpli Regional Committee of Friuli Venezia Giulia Pietro De Marchi. The visit was also an opportunity to greet the Volunteers of the Pro Loco active in Gorizia during the inaugural ceremony: Pro Loco of Castelnovo del Friuli and Val d’Arzino-Alduins (who shared a stand), Maniago, Valley of Soffumbergo Alexo and north-east consortium, Sauris Zahre, Forgaria in Friuli, Torviscosa, Vermegliano, Udine Castello, Mersino, Turriaco, Sutrio, Precenicco, Ronchi del Legionari and the hosts of Gorizia with the Gorizian president Giorgio Lorenzoni.

“We are happy – underlined the Unpli President of the Regional De Marchi – that the typicality of Friuli Venezia Giulia could have contributed to the start of the European capital of culture. Thanks again to the Mayor Ziberna and the Arctic councilor for the invitation that he really honors us and to the presidents of our Pro Loco with their volunteers who participated with great enthusiasm. The inaugural ceremony was a great emotion, which we will bring to the heart: Gorizia and Nova Gorica have never been so close, it will be really a year to live and in which we will return to the city for other appointments in the Pro Loco world “.

The stands of the Pro Loco were also touched by the itinerary of “From Station to Station”, the large inaugural procession which represented the start of the program of the European capital of culture starting from the Gorizia railway station in Italy and arriving at the railway station Transalpina di Nova Gorica in Slovenia, where there was the official ceremony with the heads of state Mattarella and Pirc Musar, and then continue in the center of Nova Gorica and at the square of the Casarossa in Gorizia.