Italy remembers in London Gloria Trevisan and Marco Gottardi, the two young Italian architects who were among the 72 victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, with an architectural conference and an award dedicated to them. And it does so on the anniversary of that somewhat heralded disaster, which has remained without culprits until now, awaiting the response of the independent commission of enquiry set up by the British government and a subsequent court ruling that could be another three or four years away.
Meanwhile, exactly seven have passed since that night of 14 June 2017 when flames enveloped the 24-storey building in London's North Kensington district. A building in which Gloria and Marco lived as a couple on the top floors, after having come to the British capital - originally from Camposampiero and San Stino di Livenza, in Veneto, respectively - to live out their dreams.
The ceremony, held in the premises of the Italian Cultural Institute directed by Francesco Bongarrà, was attended by the Italian Ambassador, Inigo Lambertini, the Consul General in London, Domenico Bellantone, and the Mayor of the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Will Lane.
"Gloria and Marco,' Lambertini stressed, 'are symbols of the Italian community that is very numerous in London. A very large community that is perfectly integrated in this country and largely composed of professionals who have chosen to live and work here. The tragic memory of their death remains alive in us: that tragedy will not be forgotten'.
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