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La rivolta della bandiera: gli incidenti per Trieste italiana del novembre 1953 | ||
in Nazioni e Regioni , n. 4 , 2014 , 71-86 | ||
The autumn of 1953 in Trieste is characterized by a level tension never experienced until then. On November 2, Mayor Gianni Bartoli asks General Winterton for the permission to wave the Italian flag on the City Hall during the November 4 celebrations: that flag, hoisted at 7am and removed 20 minutes later by order of the UK-US military government, sparked three days of riots that would end up in a bloodshed in Piazza San Giusto, thus putting the resolution of the question of Trieste on the top of the agenda of international diplomacy. Full text available online download | ||