New Bridge Named for Georgofili Victims

The new Florence bridge spanning the Arno between the Bellariva neighborhood and Anconella Park will be named for the two youngest victims of the 1993 Georgofili explosion near the Uffizi Gallery.  They were nine-year-old Nadia Nencioni and her sister Caterina, less then two months old.

On May 27 of that year a bomb planted in a car went off on via dei Georgofili near the Uffizi Gallery at 1:04 am.  The Torre dei Pulci (Pulci Tower) on via dei Georgofili was heavily devastated, and five of its inhabitants — the Nencioni family: mother, father, in addition to their  daughters — plus a neighbor who lived across the street, student Dario Capolicchio — died.  Dozens of art works at the Uffizi were damaged.

The Mafia had commissioned the criminal act.  The official announcement of the new bridge’s name reflected the result of a survey taken among local residents.

Nadia left behind a poem “Sunset” written at school.

She wrote:

The afternoon is on its way

Sunset is approaching

– a moment of wonder

The sun is heading to bed

It is already night, all is finished