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Carpi
Modena (prov.)
Emilia-Romagna

Parca della Rimembranza

Manfredo Fanti

Carpi 1806 - Firenze/Florence 1865
Italian general; he is known as the founder of the Regio Esercito
(Wikipedia)

Cesare Zocchi
1903

Description

Bronze equestrian statue of Fanti in general's uniform watching a battla, with a roll of maps in his hand. On the sides of the pedestal are two reliefs. Until 1939 the statue stood on the main square.

Carpi - Manfredo Fanti
The Battle of Magenta, 1859

Carpi - Manfredo Fanti
General Fanti presents an army planning project to the parliament

Inscription(s)

al generale
MANFREDO FANTI
auspice il municipio
l'italia

iniziato nel 1882
eretto
nel
1903

Signature

CESARE ZOCCHI di francesco fece

Artist

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

Sources & Information

Istituto per i beni artistici culturali e naturali, Patrimonio culturale dell'Emilia-Romagna, Manfredo Fanti a cavallo.
Visit Modena, Monumenti alla memoria.
Carpediem, Il monumento al Generale Manfredo Fanti (old postcards showing the monument on the main square).

Location (N 44°47'10" - E 10°52'51") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: iter138; Photograph: 13 May 2017
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