Piero Angela, from Campidoglio to Prima Porta cemetery for cremation

An uninterrupted ‘lay pilgrimage’ to the funeral parlor in the Protomoteca Hall – Franceschini, Enrico Letta, Gualtieri, Nicola Zingaretti, Casini, Rabbi Di Segni, Arbore but also a lot of common people The last applause from family members and common people on the Colle del Campidoglio for Piero Angela: the coffin, in the presence of his sons Alberto and Christine and of Miguel Gotor, Capitoline councilor for culture representing the mayor of Rome, capital Roberto Gualtieri, left the hall of the Protomoteca, where the funeral home had been set up and the secular funeral rite, destination the Roman cemetery of Prima Porta, where it will remain in storage for the time necessary for the cremation procedures. An uninterrupted ‘lay pilgrimage’ marked the day, with many people in an orderly line, but without queues, to then parade in front of Piero Angela’s coffin and put their signature and a word of esteem or personal remembrance on the book of honor. With them, also some institutional personalities, from the world of politics, culture and entertainment, including Dario Franceschini Minister of Culture, Enrico Letta secretary of the Democratic Party, Roberto Gualtieri mayor of Rome capital, Nicola Zingaretti president of the Lazio Region, Pierferdinando Casini , Riccardo Di Segni chief rabbi of Rome, Renzo Arbore. (by Enzo Bonaiuto)