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Filippo Corridoni

Pausula [in 1931 renamed Corridonia] 1887 - San Martino del Carso 1915
Italian trade unionist and syndicalist. He fell in a battle with the Austrian army during World War I.
(Wikipedia)

Alessandro Marzaroli
1927

Description

13 meters tall monumen with a bronze statue of Corridoni, at the moment he was shot. It stands on marble stele with allegorical high reliefs, which in turn stands on a square base of pink marble with four heads, four eagles and four sentences of Corridoni. The epigraph is by the Parmesan poet Ildebrando Cocconi.

Parma - Filippo Corridoni
Vampa rivoluzionara / Flame of Revolution
Two men with a torch
Povertà / Poverty
Skinny man
Fede / Faith
Angel
Amore / Love
Man and woman holding hands

Inscription(s)

a FILIPPO CORRIDONI
che tvtte accolse nel maganimo cvore
le passioni della plebe italiana
santificandole
volontario della morte e della gloria
fra i canti della patria
svl crvento calvario delle frasche

xxvii ottobre a v°

Artist

Alessandro Marzaroli (Parma 1868 - Parma 1951), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

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

Location (N 44°48'8" - E 10°19'21") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: iter219; Photograph: 15 May 2017
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