The city of Naples pays tribute to the great director Nanni Loy by naming the square in front of the Academy of Fine Arts after him, where the sailor's execution scene in the film "The Four Days of Naples" was filmed on its monumental staircase. This ceremony coincides with the city's ongoing celebrations for the 76th anniversary of the Four Days of Naples, the uprising that liberated Neapolitans from Nazi-Fascism. Concurrently, the Academy of Fine Arts has presented a video guide created by its students that, through Loy's films, aims to narrate a glimpse into the city's history during a period that has forever shaped Neapolitan and Italian culture. The two initiatives are the work of the City of Naples and the Academy of Fine Arts, and were attended, among others, by Mayor Luigi de Magistris, the Academy's president, Giulio Baffi, the director's sons, Guglielmo and Tommaso Loy, and Lina Sastri. The idea of dedicating a special place in the city to director Nanni Loy came from Dario Scalabrini, a cultural operator and marketing and communications expert. The idea was picked up by the Neapolitan editorial staff of the daily newspaper "La Repubblica," which embraced it and launched a dedicated campaign. "Years ago, I saw the film in Piazza San Domenico Maggiore," Scalabrini explains, "and my daughter, who was already quite grown, burst into tears watching the sailor's execution. She asked me if the director had been inspired by a true event. I replied that the merit was precisely in making history by telling us all what happened. Then, more recently, I made the proposal in a letter to the newspaper. Today, a desire—I believe not only mine—has come true with the collaboration of civil society and institutions."
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