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Memorial of the Bulgarian Partisans by F. David, 1949 Vajansk�ho n�bre�ie Bratislava, September 2017

Monument to Alexandre Dumas by Gustave Dor� , 1883 Place du G�n�ral-Catroux Quartier de la Plaine-de-Monceaux, 17e arrondissement Paris, July 2011

Statue of Sallustio Bandini by Tito Sarrocchi , 1880 Piazza Salimbeni Siena, April 2017 �Sallustio Bandini (19 April 1677 � 8 June 1760) was an Italian archdeacon, economist, and politician. He was an advocate of free trade, and removal of local feudal tariffs and tolls. He wrote an influential piece on this subject, titled Discorso Economico sopra la Maremma di Siena, published posthumously in 1775. Approximately two years before his death, Bandini donated his private library to the University of Siena, under the agreement that the almost 3000 volumes would be made publicly available. From this donation the Biblioteca della Sapienza was formed, now known as Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati. Bandini was born Sallustio Antonio Bandini in Siena to a prominent local family. His father was Patrizio Bandini and his mother was Caterina Piccolomini di Modanella, a member of the influential Piccolomini nobility. He was their third son. Bandini is memorialised for his enlightened discourse ...

Statue of Sallustio Bandini by Tito Sarrocchi , 1880 Piazza Salimbeni Siena, April 2017 �Sallustio Bandini (19 April 1677 � 8 June 1760) was an Italian archdeacon, economist, and politician. He was an advocate of free trade, and removal of local feudal tariffs and tolls. He wrote an influential piece on this subject, titled Discorso Economico sopra la Maremma di Siena, published posthumously in 1775. Approximately two years before his death, Bandini donated his private library to the University of Siena, under the agreement that the almost 3000 volumes would be made publicly available. From this donation the Biblioteca della Sapienza was formed, now known as Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati. Bandini was born Sallustio Antonio Bandini in Siena to a prominent local family. His father was Patrizio Bandini and his mother was Caterina Piccolomini di Modanella, a member of the influential Piccolomini nobility. He was their third son. Bandini is memorialised for his enlightened discourse ...

Il Genio della Vittoria (The Genius of Victory) by Urbano Lucchesi, 1897 Piazza XX Settembre Lucca, October 2017 �The last civic monument by Urbano Lucchesi dedicated to the Fallen in the Battles for the Fatherland and in particular to the date of the capture of Rome because, to use the words of Antonio Mordini, �history has no finer date than 20 September�. The convincing allegory of the Winged Genius, rising above the imposing monument to the Fallen in the Battles for the Fatherland in piazza XX Settembre in Lucca, was particularly appreciated for its ideological and political value: �that figure which from the top of the grotesque pyramid, surmounted with live ivy, extends its right arm in the gesture of offering a votive crown to be placed on the altar, which recalls the memorable event which sealed the Unity of Italy in the Eternal City and consecrated the triumph of freedom over theocratic and imperial despotism, is felt with vigour and, if the harshness of some of its parts is r...

�A Dun�n�l� (By the Danube) by L�szl� Marton , 1980 Monument dedicated to the poet Attila J�zsef Kossuth Lajos t�r / Antall J�zsef rakpart Budapest, September 2017 �Attila J�zsef, (1905-1937), one of the greatest Hungarian poets of the 20th century. Although his first poems were published when he was 17, real renown came only after his death. J�zsef was attracted by Marxist ideology and became a member of the then-illegal Communist Party. In 1932 he launched a short-lived literary periodical, Val�s�g, and in 1936 became one of the cofounders of the review Sz�p Sz�. In his own poetry J�zsef presented intimate pictures of proletarian life. He immortalized his mother, a poor washerwoman, and made her a symbol of the working class. He created a style of melancholy realism, infused with irrationality, through which he was able to express the complex feelings of modern men and reveal his own faith in life�s essential beauty and harmony.� ( Attila J�zsef , Encyclop�dia Britannica)

�Il Navigatore� (The Navigator) by Antonio Maria Morera, 1938 Viale delle Brigate Partigiane Genoa, April 2016

�La sardana� by Josep Ca�as i Ca�as, 1965 Carretera de Montju�c, Montju�c Barcelona, March 2017 �The sardana is a type of circle dance typical of Catalan culture. The dance was originally from the Empord� region, but started gaining popularity throughout Catalonia during the 20th century. There are two main types, the original sardana curta (short sardana) style and the more modern sardana llarga (long sardana), which is more popular. Other more unusual sardanes are the sardana de llu�ment and the sardana revessa .� ( Sardana , Wikipedia)

Equestrian Monument of Cosimo I by Giambologna , 1594 Piazza della Signoria Florence, May 2017 �This statue follows the Classical Roman tradition of Equestrian statues as the monument to a rulers power, evident from the Statue of Marcus Aurelius in ancient Rome and the Regisole in Ferrara, and continued in the Renaissance by examples such as Donatellos Statue of Gattamelata (1453) in Padua and Verrocchios Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni (1488) in Venice. This monument was commissioned by Cosimos son Ferdinando I from the sculptor Giambologna, who also completed the Rape of the Sabines in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi. The Cosimo statue stands in front of the north corner of the Palazzo della Signoria, the northernmost of the row of statues, adjacent to the Fountain of Neptune (1563) by Ammannati, that had been commissioned by Cosimo himself. Together this duo celebrates the land and sea ambitions of Cosimo. The base of the statue has reliefs with scenes from the life of Cosimo, includin...

Equestrian Monument of Cosimo I by Giambologna , 1594 Piazza della Signoria Florence, May 2017 �This statue follows the Classical Roman tradition of Equestrian statues as the monument to a ruler's power, evident from the Statue of Marcus Aurelius in ancient Rome and the Regisole in Ferrara, and continued in the Renaissance by examples such as Donatello's Statue of Gattamelata (1453) in Padua and Verrocchio's Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni (1488) in Venice. This monument was commissioned by Cosimo's son Ferdinando I from the sculptor Giambologna, who also completed the Rape of the Sabines in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi. The Cosimo statue stands in front of the north corner of the Palazzo della Signoria, the northernmost of the row of statues, adjacent to the Fountain of Neptune (1563) by Ammannati, that had been commissioned by Cosimo himself. Together this duo celebrates the land and sea ambitions of Cosimo. The base of the statue has reliefs with scenes from the life...

Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi by Ettore Ximenes , 1895 Largo Cairoli Milano, November 2016

Statue of Karl Friedrich Schinkel by Friedrich Drake, 1869 Schinkelplatz Berlin, September 2011 �Schinkel, however, is noted as much for his theoretical work and his architectural drafts as for the relatively few buildings that were actually executed to his designs. Some of his merits are best shown in his unexecuted plans for the transformation of the Athenian Acropolis into a royal palace for the new Kingdom of Greece and for the erection of the Orianda Palace in the Crimea. These and other designs may be studied in his Sammlung architektonischer Entw�rfe (1820�1837) and his Werke der h�heren Baukunst (1840�1842; 1845�1846). He also designed the famed Iron Cross medal of Prussia, and later Germany. It has been speculated, however, that due to the difficult political circumstances � French occupation and the dependency on the Prussian king � and his relatively early death, which prevented him from seeing the explosive German industrialization in the second half of the 19th century, h...

Statue of Giuseppe Parini by Luca Secchi , 1899 Piazza Cordusio Milano, November 2016 �He was born in Cremona, but resided during his career mostly in Milan. He was initially a pupil of Pietro Magni, and then of Francesco Barzaghi at the Brera Academy. He worked on statues in bronze and marble. He exhibited in 1883 in Milan, a bronze statue titled: Modello in Riposo. His work Bel mattino was awarded at the 1883 Girotti competition. In 1884, in Turin, he exhibited a model for In Repose. In 1886 in Milan, he exhibited this statue in marble. He was commissioned a number of monuments in and around Milan. These include the Monument to the poet Giuseppe Parini, (1899) at the piazza Cordusio, Milan. The base was completed with Antonio Beltrami and inaugurated on the centenary of the writers death. One of his masterworks is his monument to Verdi made for town where the composer lived.� ( Luca Secchi , Wikipedia)

Statue of Giuseppe Parini by Luca Secchi , 1899 Piazza Cordusio Milano, November 2016 �He was born in Cremona, but resided during his career mostly in Milan. He was initially a pupil of Pietro Magni, and then of Francesco Barzaghi at the Brera Academy. He worked on statues in bronze and marble. He exhibited in 1883 in Milan, a bronze statue titled: Modello in Riposo. His work Bel mattino was awarded at the 1883 Girotti competition. In 1884, in Turin, he exhibited a model for In Repose. In 1886 in Milan, he exhibited this statue in marble. He was commissioned a number of monuments in and around Milan. These include the Monument to the poet Giuseppe Parini, (1899) at the piazza Cordusio, Milan. The base was completed with Antonio Beltrami and inaugurated on the centenary of the writer's death. One of his masterworks is his monument to Verdi made for town where the composer lived.� ( Luca Secchi , Wikipedia)