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Lupa Capitolina

Capitoline Wolf

The mythical she-wolf suckling the twins, Romulus and Remus, from the legend of the founding of Rome. The original wolf, dating from the 11th/12th century, with the twins added in the late 15th century, is in the Musei Capitolini in Rome
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1946

Description

Stone replica of the Capitoline Wolf on a console in the monument for the Referendum istituzionale 02/06/1946.

Inscription(s)

REFERENDUM
ISTITVZIONALE
2 givgno 1946

COMVNE di CARRARA
per la repvbblica
voti 29629

per la monarchia
voti 3788

Sources & Information

Edoardo De Carli, Chi era Costui?

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Item Code: itto118; Photograph: 15 May 2017
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