Over five thousand with alpine national president, Corrado Perona, and Florence, Giancarlo Romo, have paid tribute to Florence, the capital of the refugees, after the defeat of Kobarid. It was the largest internal migration. An exodus of 600,000 civilians, mostly women, children and elderly who faced three enemies: fear, poverty and hunger. Most of these exiles, 39,741, came to Florence with 223 local governments, as well as prefectures, hospitals, banks, libraries. They were in Florence a year. Then they returned to their homes. For two days, dozens of banners of those municipalities, as well as those of the provinces of Treviso and Udine, said thanks to the host city ninety years ago. But there were also banners of Siena and Livorno, which hosted a joint each. In the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio, Giancarlo Romo, recalled how he came to the initiative of the 4th Alpine group, while Professor Salimbeni University of Udine has reconstructed the ties between the Friuli and Tuscany. Mayor Leonardo Domenici, who has family who are made the 'Alpine, recalled that page of history. Yesterday the mountain, at the conclusion of the event, marched for two hours between San Marco and Piazza della Signoria.
