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Lucca
Lucca (prov.)
Toscana

Via Cesare Batisti 14
(Palazzo Santini - cortile)

Umberto I Re

Umberto I of Italy

Torino 1844 - Monza 1900
King of Italy, 1878-1900
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
1904

Description

Marble plaque with a bronze relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

a vmberto i
in cvi liberta' e beneficio
fvron gloria di regno
non vsbergo di vita
il mvnicipio di lvcca
per ricordo di amore
al svo re
per condanna di popolo
al parricida
xxix lvglio mcmiiii

Signature

(plaque) g. capitelli scrisse

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Locatie (N 43°50'40" - E 10°30'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: itto163; Photograph: 16 May 2017
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