The plaque at the Masseria Pagliarone is just one of the many markers in the city commemorating the famous Four Days of Naples. This plaque celebrates in particular the place where the uprising of 28^th September 1943 began. Naples was the first city in Europe to be liberated independently, an event so significant that it was awarded the Gold Medal for Military Valour.

During the Second World War, the port of Naples was a strategic location for the Fascist regime, as it was from here that the supply of troops and materials left for the war on the African front. As a result, the town was frequently bombed by the Allies. After news of the Armistice broke in September 1943, the town’s resistance intensified. But it was the massive German roundups that began on 26^th September that sparked the insurrection, in which men and women from all walks of life, both civilian and military, played a leading role. It took the people of Naples four days to defeat the Nazi-Fascist forces and hand over a free city to the Allies on 1^st October 1943.

Shared with the general public through cinema, theatre and literature, the events of the Four Days of Naples were an example of revolt, rebellion and resistance that marked the liberation of the South and of Italy as a whole.

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