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Reggio nell'Emilia (prov.) Emilia-Romagna Piazza Giacomo Matteotti |
Ercole BenefattoreHercules the BenefactorHeracles (Ἡρακλῆς), Latin: Herculesdivine hero in Greek mythology, son of Zeus and Alcmene (Wikipedia) |
Jacopo Sansovino
1553 (copy) |
The statue is made by the will of Hercules II d'Este. The commission of the work dates back to 1550 while the execution was completed in June 1553. At first the statue was placed in the square of the Rocca but, following the destruction of the fortification in 1704, the work was abandoned and only in 1727 it was brought back to the center of the current square Matteotti. The present statue on the square is a copy, the original is in the Centro Culturale San Benedetto.
per volonta' del municipio prof. c. zatti sindaco |
antiquum herculis signum |
unicum pene uisce dirutae urbis ab. talenti |
RAYNALDO I. ESTENSI l.a. muratori |
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