Every day at sunset 70-year-old Giuseppe Giordano takes part in the same romantic ritual.

He takes a framed picture of his late wife, Ida, with him to enjoy the view of the beach where they spent the early days of their relationship.

Ida died seven years ago from an illness, but that hasn’t stopped Giuseppe’s love for her.

Giuseppe Giordano takes a framed photo of his wife with him everywhere he goes (Picture: Caters)

His wife died seven years ago from an illness, but his love for her continues (Picture: Caters)

His story may have gone untold if it wasn’t for a curious owner of a pizzeria who spotted him sitting on the same bench every day.


Giorgia Moffa said he spotted Giuseppe in June and took a picture of him sitting next to the picture.

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He posted the image online saying: ‘A few days ago, I didn’t know this splendid person. I only know that his was certainly a great love. I saw him cry and I believe that men like this aren’t born any more.



‘A big hug, dear friend, you are a great man.’

After eventually approaching him, Mr Giordano explained that he took the picture to the same spot ‘as a symbol of a love that does not end’.

Giuseppe pictured with Giorgia Moffa, a local pizzeria owner, who took a picture of him on a bench looking at the view (Picture: Caters)

He lost his wife seven years ago as a result of illness, Mr Moffa said.

He added: ‘He cannot be without her and he carries that framed image everywhere. he keeps it tight, like the most precious things.’

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Giuseppe and Ida met in 1969 when he was 16 and she was 17, but their parents were unhappy with their relationship because she got pregnant out of wedlock.

They got married in 1969 and went on to have another two children, living together until 2011 when Ida died.

Giorgia added: ‘I saw him, and I was sure there was a great love story. Men like him do not exist anymore. I absolutely understood his pain and was very sad for him.

Giuseppe pictured with Ida and their three children (Picture: Supplied)

‘I have also lost my two little brothers and a son of five months, so I knew what he was going through.

‘I think that everyone in this world has at some point, lost someone special to them.

‘So each of us has these moments of grief, it’s just that Giuseppe had the great courage and dignity to show it.’

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