Battle of Valle Giulia

The Battle of Valle Giulia (battaglia di Valle Giulia) is the conventional name for a clash between Italian militants (left-wing as well as right-wing) and the Italian police in Valle Giulia, Rome, on 1 March 1968. It is still frequently remembered as one of the first violent clashes in Italy's student unrest during the protests of 1968 or "Sessantotto".

Overview

On Friday 1 March, about 4,000 people gathered in the Piazza di Spagna, who began marching through the Sapienza University of Rome campus; some had the intention of occupying the school. When they arrived, the students found themselves in front of an imposing cordon of police, and during the coping that followed, a small group of policemen broke away to deal with violence of an isolated student; the protesters responded with throwing stones and sharp objects. The leaders of the attacks against police were neo-fascist members of the National Vanguard Youth. Left-wing and right-wing students occupied different buildings. In the brawl, 148 injuries were recorded to police, 478 injuries to students, 4 were detained, and 228 were arrested. Eight police cars were destroyed, and five guns were stolen from officers.

See also

• Autonomism
• Hot Autumn

References

1. Valle Giulia
2. Giulia
3. Years of Lead (Italy)
4. Alessandro Portelli
5. Student riot
6. Pier Paolo Pasolini
7. 1968 movement in Italy
8. Michele Placido
9. The Damned (1969 film)
10. Leamon Hunt
11. Bologna massacre
12. Piazza della Loggia bombing
13. Hot Autumn
14. Protests of 1968
15. James L. Dozier
16. Vincenzo Vinciguerra
17. Piazza Fontana bombing
18. National Vanguard (Italy)
19. 1968 Italian general election
20. Reggio revolt