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Lucca (prov.)
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Antonio Mordini

Barga 1819 - Montecatini 1902
Italian politician
(Wikipedia)

Augusto Passaglia
1909

Description

Bronze bust on a console above a marble commemorative plaque with a bronze text plate.

Inscription(s)

in antonio mordini
lucca
volle onorato
un nobilissimo esempio
di amore alla patria
e l'animosa costanza
nel conquistarle
con la parola o con le armi
l'indipendenza liberta'

il municipio
sette anni dopo la morte di lui
1909

Signature

(marble plaque) g. passaglia

Sculptor

Augusto Passaglia (Lucca 1838 - Firenze/Florence 1918), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 43°50'41" - E 10°30'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: itto162; Photograph: 16 May 2017
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