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Plaza Aurelio Saffi

Aurelio Saffi

Forlì 1819 - Forlì 1890
Italian patriot and politician, active during the period of Italian unification
(Wikipedia)

Filippo Cifariello
1921/1961

Description

Marble statue of Saffi on a high marble pedestal, with on the front an back reliefs in a medaillon surround by snakes and at the sides relief portraits of Antonio Fratti and Achille Cantoni. Directly underneath the statue are two coat-of-arms (front and back), the at the sides the texts DIO E POPOLO and PENSIERO E AZIONE.

The statue was destroyed in 1944, and an exact copy was made in 1961, funded by the industrialist Aldo Zambelli.

Forlì - Aurelio Saffi
Coat of arms of ??

Coat of arms of Forlì

Front

Back

achille cantoni
condottiero
dei garibaldini
forlives.
sulla via di roma
-----
mentana
iii novembre
mdccclxvii

Achille Cantoni (Forlì 1835 - Mentana 1867), Italian patriot (Wikipedia).
Forlì - Aurelio Saffi

antonio fratti
contemporano
di ogni evo
cittadino
di ogni patria -----
domokos
xvii maggio
mdcccxccvii

Antonio Fratti (Forlì 1848 - Domokos 1897), Italian patriot (Wikipedia).

Forlì - Aurelio Saffi

Sculptor

Filippo Cifariello (Molfetta 1864 - Napoli 1936), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Istituto per i beni artistici culturali e naturali, Patrimonio culturale dell'Emilia-Romagna, statua di Aurelio Saffi in piedi con libro in mano su basamento con medaglioni scolpiti.
Forli' 24 ore, 17 Sept. 2012, Le due vite del monumento ad Aurelio Saffi a Forlì.

Locatie (N 44°13'21" - E 12°2'27") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: iter067; Photograph: 12 May 2017
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