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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)

Cesare Zocchi
Fratelli Galli Fusero (Firenze)
1890

Description

Bronze statue of Garibaldi, standing, his right hand resting on the saber handle.

On the faces of the pedestal are shields with the names among the most representative places of Garibaldi's gesture.

Firenze - Giuseppe Garibaldi
Roma
Digione (Dijon)
Montevideo
Marsala

Inscription(s)

a
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI
Firenze

——

2 giugno 1890

il xiv luglio mcmxvi
furono qui iscritti
i nomi dei fiorentini
caduti a digione nelle
giornate del xxi - xxii - xxiii
gennaio mdccclxxi

emilio aterini - giuseppe
picchi - angiolo carli
egidio cortopassi - erme-
negildo rossi - fausto sca-
li - luigi signorelli - car-
lo squaglia - vittorio viti

Sculptor

Cesare Zocchi (Firenze/Florence 1851 - Torino 1922), Italian sculptor, cousin of Emilio Zocchi (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Repertorio delle architecture civili di Firenze, Monumento a Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Edoardo De Carli, Chi era Costui?

Locatie (N 43°46'25" - E 11°14'27") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: itto082; Photograph: 8 May 2017
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