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Emilia-Romagna

Piazza Cavour

Camillo Benso conte di Cavour

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

generally known as Count Cavour
Torino/Turin 1810 - Torino/Turin 1861
Italian statesman and a leading figure in the movement toward Italian unification
(Wikipedia)

Carlo Monari
1892

Description

Marble bust of Cavour, with on the pedestal a large bronze coat of arms of Bologna.

Bologna - Camillo Benso conte di Cavour

Inscription(s)

CAMILLO CAVOUR
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perché questa
piazza oltre il no-
me ricordi le sem-
bianze dello sta-
tista glorioso gli
studenti universi-
tari del circolo
monarchico libera-
le col concorso
di cittadini il vi
giugno mdcccxcii
posero.

Sculptor

Carlo Monari (1831 - 1918), Italian sculptor (Storia e memoria di Bologna).

Sources & Information

La memoria di Bologna, Camillo Benso di Cavour.
Edoardo De Carli, Chi era Costui?

Locatie (N 44°29'27" - E 11°20'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: iter097; Photograph: 12 May 2017
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