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Vicini, the progenitor of a distinguished and modest family that has established a robust Dominican
legacy in the country of Juan Pablo Duarte.
This posthumous homage was intended to perpetuate the memory of a man for whom his homeland
was always like an altar. Indeed, his beloved Italy was like the flame of a votive candle alive in his chest
– an eternal flame always present. In some way, this filled the void, afforded him distant memories of
the land where he was born, and compensated him for the painful absence of the loved ones he left
behind during adolescence, when he crossed the Atlantic at the end of the last century aboard a ship
bound for the promising land of the Dominican Republic.
Angiolino Vicini Trabucco was ultimately an emigrant who bore the imprint of his homeland deep
within his blood and soul. He would never forget it, nor did our illustrious ancestor ever forget his
dream of seeing his compatriots residing in the Dominican Republic united and gathered together
at Casa de Italia, the site of this Italian embassy, to keep alive enduring bonds that make nationality
possible.
The former residence
of the Italian
Ambassador in Santo
Domingo, in the
central district of Naco.
© Giovanni Cavallaro