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Vittorio Bottego

Parma 1860 - Daga Roba 1897
Italian army officer and one of the first Western explorers of Jubaland in the Horn of Africa
(Wikipedia)

Ettore Ximenes
1907

Description

Bronze statue of Bottego in colonial uniform, posing on a base made of sandstone from which springs of water collected from a large basin; On the sides are placed two glittering warriors representing the Omo and Juba rivers.

Parma - Vittorio Bottego
Omo River
Juba River

The monument was made in 1907 on the tenth anniversary of the explorer's disappearance.

Inscription(s)

A
VITTORIO BOTTEGO
MCMVII

OMO
deflvenza
lat =+ 4°43' long = 38° 55' e gr.

1896

GIVBA
sorgenti
lat =+ 6°56' long = 39° 0' e gr.

1893

Parma - Vittorio Bottego

Sculptor

Ettore Ximenes (Palermo 1855 - Roma 1926), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Monumenti di Parma.
Comune di Parma, Scopri il territorio, Opere artistiche.
Edoardo De Carli, Chi era Costui?

Locatie (N 44°48'32" - E 10°19'41") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: iter204; Photograph: 15 May 2017
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