Targa commemorativa di Aldo Moro

VIA CAETANI, ROME: WHERE THE MEMORY OF ALDO MORO STILL SPEAKS

This plaque commemorating Aldo Moro is located in the historic center of Rome, in the XI district (Sant'Angelo), on Via Caetani, at eye level.

A 20-YEAR PHOTOGRAPHIC DIARY

Since 2006, I have visited this place several times, subsequently adding and reviewing it. With each visit, I have collected new images and sensations that I would like to share.
Some of the photos I took between 2006 and 2025 accompany this updated review.

THE ARTWORK:

The rectangular, dark metal plaque bears a long text that recounts the sad story of his death, his political career, and a sort of testament that the end of his life left to the Italian people.

It was erected by the City of Rome a year after his death. A bas-relief depicting the great statesman's face completes the monument.

THE MORO CASE: A STILL OPEN WOUND:

This monument commemorates a sad chapter in Italian history, beginning on March 16, 1978, when a Red Brigades commando, in a swift operation lasting just a few minutes, blocked the car (a Fiat 130) carrying the then president of the Christian Democrats, Aldo Moro, killing his five escorts and kidnapping him.

He was held prisoner for 54 days. A sort of negotiation with the Italian State was even attempted (nine communiqués were issued), but it failed, and the statesman was thus killed.

He was found in Rome on May 9, on this street in a red Renault 4, not far from Piazza del Gesù, then the headquarters of the Christian Democrats.

DISCOVERING ROME:

It's important to pause for a moment of reflection so as not to forget.

If this story has piqued your curiosity, I invite you to continue the journey with me through other hidden wonders of the city, because every stone here tells a story.

Tragic history. Worth a visit to pay your respects.

I added this place to Maps because I find it appalling that the memory of a dramatic moment in the history of our Republic is not being nourished, a moment that profoundly affected not only that period (the Years of Lead) but all the years to come. I was little; I remember the turmoil of what I had no clue how to understand, even though I sensed how tragic it was, especially since the Red Brigades' hideouts were close to where I lived. Aldo Moro was more, much more than a statesman, a head of government, and a political party... When he was kidnapped after the murder of his escort, those 55 days of captivity that resulted in his barbaric murder deeply scarred the consciences of his political colleagues as well. The plaque was placed by the City of Rome a year after the discovery, which occurred in 1978, a stone's throw from the headquarters of both the Christian Democrats and the Communist Party, on that central yet anonymous Via Caetani, where today, in place of the car containing the remains, there is a marked-out parking lot and a huge space between numbers 8 and 9. That face, quite stylized, matters, but above all, those words. If you happen to be in these parts, I invite you to pay homage to the memory of this man, because we owe him so much and so much. Need some useful information? Then leave a like and check out the other reviews on Rome and beyond.