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Piazza del Popolo
(Loggia del Palazzo comunale)

Giosuè Carducci

Pietrasanta 1835 - Bologna 1907
Italian poet and teacher. He was very influential and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy
(Wikipedia)

Paolo Grilli
1908

Description

Marble plaque with a relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

a GIOSUE CARDUCCI
dell' italia risorta
primo e glorioso poeta
che
amore e sdegno storia e ideale
tempro' nel fervido canto
e tutta di bellezza dottrina e coscienza
fece l'opera di scrittore e di maestro
I CESENATI
memori del suo affetto alla loro terra
ov'ebbe lieti soggiorni
ospite venerato
xvi febbraio mcmviii

Sculptor

Paolo Grilli (Cesena 1857 - Roma 1952), Italian sculptor and painter (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Comune di Cesena, Palazzo Comunale (Palazzo Albornoz) (MS Word file).

Locatie (N 44°8'12" - E 12°14'32") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: iter040; Photograph: 12 May 2017
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