Walk in Memory

A Journey Through History and Theater in Pianoro

The Walk in Memory is now a well-established event in the spring calendar of Pianoro, a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in Emilia-Romagna. It is not just a stage performance, but a traveling theatrical journey that transforms the town's streets and squares into a large open-air stage, where the memory of the Resistance and anti-fascism comes to life with body and voice.

Who Organizes It

The initiative is the result of a collaboration between the theater company Il Piccolissimo di Rastignano and the Pianoro section of ANPI (National Association of Italian Partisans). From this meeting of popular theater and civic engagement, a walk is born that combines historical research, storytelling, and live music, designed to be accessible to everyone, from families to schools.

The Route and the Characters

The audience walks alongside the actors along an itinerary that crosses the center of Pianoro. At each stop, characters share their stories in the first person: voices that reconstruct the climate of anti-fascism from the 1920s to the Liberation, giving face and voice to those who lived through that period. The music by Maestro Massimo Amadori accompanies the walk, linking the various scenes into a single choral narrative.

• Traveling performance through the streets of the town
• Theme: anti-fascism and the Resistance, from the 1920s to the Liberation
• Narration entrusted to characters encountered along the route
• Live musical accompaniment

Living Memory in the Territory

Pianoro and the entire Savena and Idice valley were the scene of dramatic events during World War II and the Liberation struggle. The Walk in Memory intertwines this local history with the participants' journey, restoring a sense of continuity between the places crossed daily and the events that marked them. It is a way to pass on the value of the Resistance to new generations, in an occasion of collective participation and shared reflection.

An Event Around April 25th

The walk takes place in the days around April 25th, Liberation Day, becoming an integral part of the city's celebrations. Participation is free and open to the entire community, in an atmosphere that combines solemnity, theater, and civic celebration.