“Ma sono mille papaveri rossi.”
Fabrizio De André
Do you see these plaques? They commemorate the death of Giuseppe Potestà and Giulio Fulceri, the latter certainly a relative of ours, two young farmers who lived here at Segarelli at the beginning of the last century. Called to fight during the First World War, they both died in 1918, when the war was almost over...
The plaques were a tribute from the Bicocchi family, who at that time owned the land and farmhouses.
In the old photos of Podere Segarelli, visible in our history gallery, the plaques can still be seen on the two walls of the two main houses that formed the farmhouse. During the restoration works carried out in the 1970s, they were removed, preserved and later donated to the Municipality of Pomarance.
The collaboration of some local associations, including the Combattenti e Reduci association, and the Municipality of Pomarance gave life to the initiative "Le Pietre Parlano Ancora", aimed especially at younger generations so that the memory of those who gave their lives for their country may remain alive.
These plaques, together with others collected from farmhouses near ours, were placed along the wall surrounding the small and evocative cemetery of Sant'Ippolito.
With this short post, in our own small way, we wanted to help commemorate these young victims who were part of the history of Segarelli.
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