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Raffaella Carrà, Madrid will name a square in the gay district after her – Magazine

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Madrid dedicates a square to Raffaella Carrà (Ansa)

Rome, 15 July 2021 – The municipal council of Madrid approved the proposal to dedicate a square of the Spanish capital to Raffaella Carrà, reveals the website of the newspaper El Diario. All parties voted in favor except Vox, who abstained. The initiative was presented by Más Madrid “for enhance the memory of this woman, singer, composer, presenter, dancer, choreographer and icon of reference for all people from Madrid and in particular for the LGBT + community“And indeed Piazza Raffaella Carrà is located in Madrid’s gay district of La Chueca.

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Fabrizio Marrazzo, spokesperson for the Gay party and candidate for mayor of the capital, returns to his proposal to name a street or a square after the national Raffa: the artist’s family – he reveals – said they were “honored by this choice”. And he adds: “Rome is the city where Carrà lived, unfortunately our city arrives late, as announced the day after his death, as elected I will commit myself to the Municipality of Rome to have the stretch of road near the Colosseum dedicated by us renamed Gay Street in Raffaella Carrà, where his music has always been present. I remember an interview where he said: even if I am not physically at Pride, it is as if I were there because there is always someone who imitates me and sings my songs“.

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In short, naming the street after her “would be an important signal from the city of Rome where she lived and worked and from our community to which she has always been close. In fact, in 2017 she was awarded as a gay Icon for courage, the energy and freedom, an award she was proud of. She cleared the freedom to love and be oneself in much more difficult years such as in the 60s and 70s. Her music has always been a cult of Pride and LGBT + clubs. in Italy and beyond and will continue to be so even after his death “.

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