ANPI Oltrarno

ANPI Oltrarno (Sezione Oltrarno dell'A.N.P.I.) is the Oltrarno district branch of the Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d'Italia (A.N.P.I.), the Italian National Association of Partisans. It is based in Florence, Italy, and was founded on 25 April 1947 by a group of patriots and partisans from the Florentine districts of S. Frediano and Santo Spirito. The section pursues the aims set out in the national A.N.P.I. statute and campaigns to make the democratic principles and values that underpinned the Italian liberation war central to Italian and European society. Membership of the Oltrarno section includes former patriots and partisans who fought in the liberation war, those imprisoned or deported for political or racial reasons, their family members and descendants, and — following statutory changes approved at the latest congress — also those who share the association's ideals, values and purposes and who, as anti-fascists, commit themselves to the realisation and continuity of the association's aims. The section's stated purpose is to preserve, protect and spread knowledge of the events and values that the Resistance, through struggle and civic and democratic commitment, handed down to new generations as a founding element of the Republic, the Constitution and the European Union, and as an essential part of the country's memory. The section is active in public commemoration and anti-fascist organising in Florence. Its website publicises events such as the annual Pastasciutta Antifascista at the Anconella park, commemorations in Gavinana and Piazza Tasso, and mobilisations against far-right figures and groups. It operates as a local, membership-based association rather than a commercial enterprise, and its activities are funded through voluntary contributions and social initiatives.

The Oltrarno section of the Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d'Italia (A.N.P.I.) was founded on 25 April 1947, two years after the liberation of Italy, by a group of patriots and partisans from the Florentine districts of S. Frediano and Santo Spirito. It was established as a local branch of the national A.N.P.I., the association created to represent and support former partisans and to keep alive the memory and values of the Italian Resistance. From its foundation, the section pursued the aims set out in the national A.N.P.I. statute. Its membership originally consisted of former patriots and partisans who had fought in the liberation war, together with those who had been imprisoned or deported for political or racial reasons, and their family members and descendants. Over time, and following statutory changes approved at the latest national congress, the section also opened its membership to those who share the association's ideals, values and purposes and who, as anti-fascists, commit themselves to the realisation and continuity of the association's aims. The section's stated mission is to ensure that the democratic principles and values that were the basis of the Italian liberation war become the load-bearing elements of Italian society and of Europe. It works to preserve, protect and spread knowledge of the events and values that the Resistance handed down to new generations as a founding element of the Republic, the Constitution and the European Union, and as an essential part of the country's memory. In practice, the Oltrarno section organises and participates in commemorations and anti-fascist events in Florence. Its website publicises recurring appointments such as the Pastasciutta Antifascista at the Anconella park, commemorations in Gavinana and at Piazza Tasso, and mobilisations in response to the presence of far-right figures and groups in the city. These activities are carried out in collaboration with other local anti-fascist and civic organisations, and are funded through voluntary contributions and social dinners.

• 1947

  The Oltrarno section of A.N.P.I. is founded in Florence by patriots and partisans from S. Frediano and Santo Spirito.

Local anti-fascist association and memory organisation within the national A.N.P.I. network

1. 1ANPI Oltrarno – A.N.P.I – Sezione Oltrarno Firenzeanpioltrarno.it
2. 2Chi Siamo – ANPI Oltrarnoanpioltrarno.it
3. 3ANPI Oltrarnowikidata.org