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Faenza
Ravenna (prov.)
Emilia-Romagna

Piazza San Francesco

Evangelista Torricelli

Faenza 1608 - Firenze/Florence 1647
Italian physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer,
(Wikipedia)

Alessandro Tomba
1864

Description

Marble statue of Torricelli, sitting in a chair and holding his barometer on his lap.

Inscription(s)

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EVANGELISTA TORRICELLA
la patria
mdccclxiv

Information Sign

EVANGELISTA TORRICELLA, Alessandro Tomba, 1864
INTERVENTO DI MANUTENZIONE

Sculptor

Alessandro Tomba (Faenza 1825 - Firenze/Florence 1864), Italian sculptor.

Sources & Information

Terre di Faenza, Monumento ad Evangelista Torricelli, di Alessandro Tomba.

Locatie (N 44°17'17" - E 11°53'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: iter076; Photograph: 12 May 2017
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