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Bologna
Bologna (prov.)
Emilia-Romagna

Via dell'Indipendenza

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Nice 1807 - Caprera 1882
Italian general, politician and nationalist who played a large role in the history of Italy; considered, with Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II, and Mazzini, as one of Italy's 'fathers of the fatherland'
(Wikipedia)

Arnoldo Zocchi
1900

Description

Bronze equestrian statue. On a stone pedestal around which names of battefields are engraved: roma | voltvrno bezzecca digione | mentane | montevideo varese galatafimi

Inscription(s)

A
GARIBALDI
IL GIVGNO
MDCCCC

On a bronze laurel wreath at the front of the pedestal:

a
GARIBALDI
liberatore
nel centenario della
nascita le società del
popolo bolognese au-
spice la operaia maschi-
le memori e reverenti
o

Signature

arnaldo zocchi artefice

Sculptor

Arnoldo Zocchi (also Arnaldo) (Firenze/Florence 1862 - Roma 1940), Italian sculptor, son of Emilio Zocchi (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Monumento a Garibaldi (Bologna).
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 44°29'58" - E 11°20'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: iter086; Photograph: 12 May 2017
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