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San Marino e l'orso

Saint Marinus and the Bear

Rab c. 275 - Città di San Marino 366
stonemason, founded in 301 a chapel and monastery on Mt. Titano, from where the republic of San Marino grew

Aldo Volpini
1962

Description

Stone relief of St. Marinus as stonecutter sitting on a bench with a bear at his feet.

Sculptor

Aldo Volpini (San Marino 1920 - 1976), Sammarinese sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

Verter Casali & Ido Rinaldi, Repubblica di San Marino patromonio dell'umanità (Dogana RSM, 2009), pp. 262-265.
Zoomma.news, 21 Jan. 2017, Le leggende di San Marino: storie della coscienza popolare.

Locatie (N 43°56'9" - E 12°26'47") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: sm35; Photograph: 10 May 2017
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