{"id":22663,"date":"2020-11-30T11:10:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/equestrian-monuments-to-the-farnese\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:25:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:25:04","slug":"equestrian-monuments-to-the-farnese","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/equestrian-monuments-to-the-farnese\/","title":{"rendered":"Equestrian monuments to the Farnese family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Undoubted masterpiece of the Baroque statuary art, the two equestrian monuments located in <a href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/piazza-dei-cavalli-2\/\">Piazza Cavalli<\/a> (its name derives from them) were made by the Tuscan sculptor Francesco Mochi from Montevarchi (1580 &#8211; 1654).<br \/>\nOn the right there&#8217;s Ranuccio Farnese (1620), wearing a roman costume and holding a scepter. On the sides of the base two reliefs represent Peace and Good Rule.<br \/>\nThe other statue represents\u00a0 Alessandro Farnese (1625), Ranuccio&#8217;s father, wrapped in a mantle tossed by the wind, on horseback of a wild horse.<br \/>\nAt the sides of the base, decorated by two cherubs holding a coat of arms, two reliefs represent episodes of the war fought by Alessandro in the Flanders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Undoubted masterpiece of the Baroque statuary art, the two equestrian monuments located in Piazza Cavalli (its name derives from them), were made by the Tuscan sculptor Francesco Mochi from Montevarchi (1580 \u2013 1654). On the right theres Ranuccio Farnese (1620) wearing a roman costume and holding a sceptre;on the sides of the base two bas-reliefs represent Peace and Good Rule. On the left there\u2019s Alessandro Farnese (1625), Ranuccio\u2019s father, wrapped in a mantle tossed by the wind, on horseback of a wild horse. 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