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The Giardinello massacre took place on December 10, 1893, in Giardinello in the Province of Palermo (Sicily) during the Fasci Siciliani uprising. Eleven people were killed and 12 seriously wounded after a rally that asked for the abolition of taxes on food and disbandment of the local field guards (''guardie campestri''). The protestors carried the portrait of the King taken from the municipality and burned tax files.〔 (La strage di Giardinello ), La Sicilia, December 11, 2011〕 ==Background and conflict== The Fascio dei Lavoratori of Giardinello was founded just a few weeks before the massacre on November 13, 1893, and demanded to abolish taxes and duties on consumer goods and carts. A first explosion of discontent occurred on December 3, 1893 with the demonstration of women to demand a public laundry that had been assured and which was essential for the needs of the population. On December 10, the rally took place after Sunday Mass in the village of 814 inhabitants at the time. On leaving Mass, in front of the church a demonstration began, shouting: “Down with the taxes and the Town Hall” (''Abbasso le tasse e il Municipio'') and “Down with the field guards and the policemen” (''Abbasso le guardie campestri e i birri'').〔〔Colajanni, ''(Gli avvenimenti di Sicila e le loro cause )'', pp. 175-78〕〔Tilly, ''The rebellious century, 1830-1930'', p. 149〕 Things got out of hand when the manifestation reached the house of the mayor next to the town hall. The mayor's wife poured a bucket of water on the crowd from the window shouting: "I will cool down the heads of these bastards." The premises were looted and part of the furniture and tax files were set on fire. Some demonstrators, mostly women, mastered two portraits of the king and the national flag, returned to the streets to demonstrate shouting: "Long live the House of Savoy", "Long live the King", "Long live the Queen".〔 Troops were hastily summoned from Montelepre. When the situation was quieting down, shots were suddenly fired from the mayor’s house leaving eight people dead on the spot and many seriously wounded. In revenge the town clerk and his wife were killed by the angry mob.〔 According to some accounts their heads were stuck on pikes.〔(Troops and Peasants. Serious Rioting in a Commune of Italy ), The Herald (Los Angeles ()), December 12, 1893〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Giardinello massacre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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