There are two dates in modern Italian history that no one should forget: 23rd May 1992 and 19th July 1992.
On these two days, two enormous bomb blasts shook Palermo, Sicily and Italy, sending tremors around the world: Giovanni Falcone, first, and then Paolo Borsellino, symbols of the fight against organised crime, had been murdered by the Mafia.
Every year the work and lives of these heroic investigating magistrates are celebrated with processions, concerts and memorial services. This year, statues of the two men have been placed in Via Liberta’, one of the city’s main thoroughfares, a touching tribute to two of Palermo’s favourite sons.
Falcone, sitting on one of the street’s benches, looks up at Borsellino as they share a joke and a smoke together, a familiar image of the two friends and colleagues.
The statues of Falcone and Borsellino in Palermo, Sicily
