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Arezzo
Arezzo (prov.)
Toscana

Piazza Saione

San Francesco e la Lupa

Saint Francis of Assisi and the Wolf

born Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone
(1181/82 - 1226)
Italian friar and preacher
(Wikipedia)

Venturino Venturi
1973

Description

Bronze statue of St. Francis facing the wolf, placed on this location in 2007.

Artist

Venturino Venturi (Loro Ciuffenna 1918 - Terranuova Bracciolini 2002), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Arezzoweb, 22 Dec. 2007, San Francesco e la Lupa in Piazza Saione.
Amarantomagazine, La chiesa di Sant'Antonio da Padova a Saione.

Location (N 43°27'25" - E 11°52'25") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: itto085; Photograph: 9 May 2017
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