Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Monument with a vertical structure higher than 14 meters, formed by a central body made of four marble columns. On the top of the columns there is a large bronze statue, 4 meters high, depicting the Winged Victory, with a severe face, dressed in a long peple with a shield in her left arm and a dagger in her right arm. The columns stands on a travertine socket adorned with laurel wreaths and carved oak and placed on a circular staircase. Around the base, at the four corners, are four bronze sculptures are represent: the Offer, the Farewell, the Fighter and the Sacrifice.

L'Offerta / The Offer A mother offering her son to the homeland	Il Combattente / The Fighter A soldier protected by the trench shield, ready for combat
L'Addio / The Farewell Two women embracing eachother and crying over a fallen soldier	Il Sacrificio / The Sacrifice A soldier hit and dying

Inscription(s)

1915 - 1918 ai svoi figli cadvti modena in perennita di ricordo consacra

compirono il sogno di precvrsori e di martiri diedero la porpora alle nvove avrore d'italia

ogni nome vn grido di fede e di amore vna strofa della grande epopea della patria

gittarono le anime di la' da ogni ostacolo di la' dal prodigio incontro alla morte

Signature

Sculptor

• Ermenegildo Luppi (Modena 1877 - Roma 1937), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Visit Modena, Monumenti alla memoria.
• Pietre della Memoria, Monumento ai Caduti di Modena nella Prima Guerra Mondiale.

Tags

• Town: Modena
• Provincia: Modena (prov.)
• Regione: Emilia-Romagna
• Country: Italy
• Luppi, Ermenegildo
• Soldier
• Victory
• War Memorial (Italy)
• Woman with child
• Women (2)

Locatie (N 44°38'27" - E 10°55'42") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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