On 6 March 2018 with a public ceremony at Melissa Park the Garden of the Righteous of Copertino has been inaugurated, with institutional speeches and the participation of Franco Perlasca, Matilde Montinaro, and Father Salvatore Santomasi.
On the occasion of the Day of the Righteous, Giorgio Perlasca, Etty Hillesum, Massimiliano Maria Kolbe have been hounoured in the new Garden.