Turin names garden after Ethiopian princess Romanework Haile Selassie
A garden in Turin was dedicated to Princess Romanework Haile Selassie on October 14, 2026, linking the Italian city to the Ethiopian princess’s history of deportation and exile.
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- A garden in Turin was dedicated to Princess Romanework Haile Selassie on October 14, 2026, linking the Italian city to the Ethiopian princess’s history of deportation and exile.
A garden in Turin’s Filadelfia neighborhood was dedicated to Ethiopian Princess Romanework Haile Selassie on October 14, 2026, The Reporter reported on October 17.
The garden lies between Via Uffreduzzi and Via Arduino. The dedication took place on the anniversary of Romanework’s death in Turin on October 14, 1940, according to the Ethiopian newspaper.
Romanework, a daughter of Emperor Haile Selassie I, remained in Ethiopia after Italy’s invasion in 1935. Her husband participated in resistance to the occupation, The Reporter said.
The newspaper’s historical account describes her deportation to Italy with her four sons in 1937. She was held on Asinara, off Sardinia, before being transferred to Turin, where she spent her final years under the care of the Consolata Mission.
The naming gives her a public memorial in the city where she died and connects a neighborhood space with the history of Ethiopian families displaced during the Italian occupation.
