{"id":38196,"date":"2022-08-03T13:18:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T11:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/monumento-ai-caduti-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T12:17:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:17:49","slug":"monumento-ai-caduti-2","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/monumento-ai-caduti-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial monument (Monumento ai Caduti)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The memorial monument (Monumento ai Caduti) for the war dead is placed in the center of the public garden, in front of the School building in <a href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/places\/monticelli-dongina\/\">Monticelli d&#8217;Ongina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The sculpture<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The pedestal, in Rezzato stone, stands on a square basement. The baseboard and its top are wrapped on the corners by embossed laurel branches.<br \/>\nOn top of it there&#8217;s a Carrara marble sculpture. It composed by a naked dying male figure and on its back a female figure opening its big wings. She is representing the Victory allegory; she is kissing and hugging the martyr, in the meanwhile she crowns him with a laurel branch.<br \/>\nAt the front, on the baseboard of the pedestal, a shield, a helmet and a laurel branch lay on a flag. On the shield appear the date and the slogan &#8220;pro patria pugnavit&#8221; (He fought for the Country).<\/p>\n<h3>The author of the Monumento ai caduti (Memorial War Dead Monument)<\/h3>\n<p>The monument was made by Francesco Riccardo Monti from Cremona (1888-1958). It was created between 1919-1920.<br \/>\nOriginally the sculpture should be in bronze, but the Majority following the suggestion of the Interdepartmental Committee for the war Industry, refused to buy the 20 tons of bronze.<\/p>\n<p>The monument was restored in 2003; on the stele there is the list of people dead during the Second War World.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The memorial monument for the war dead is placed in the center of the public garden, in front of the School building in Monticelli d\u2019Ongina. On a square basement is set a Rezzato marble pedestal. The baseboard and its top are wrapped on the corners by embossed laurel branches. On top of it, it\u2019s set a Carrara marble sculpture. It composed by a nacked dying male figure and on its back a female figure opening its big wings. She is representing the Victory allegory; she is kissing and hugging the martyr, in the meanwhile she is enthrone him with a laurel branch. At the front, on the baseboard of the pedestal, a circle shield it\u2019s placed on the floor a flag with a helmet and a laurel branch is roll off. On the shield is engraved the date and the slogan \u201cpro patria pugnavit\u201d ( He fought for the Country). The monument was made by Francesco Riccardo Monti from Cremona (1888-1958). It was created between 1919-1920. Originally the sculpture was designed in bronze, but the Gouvernement of the town preferred to follow the suggestion of the Interdepartmental Committee for the war Industry, refused the granting of the 20 tons of bronze. The monument was restaurated in 2003; on the stelae there is a list of the dead names during the Second War World.","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","territorio":[933],"categorie_arte_e_cultura":[923],"class_list":["post-38196","arte-e-cultura","type-arte-e-cultura","status-publish","hentry","territorio-il-po-e-la-bassa-en","categorie_arte_e_cultura-monuments-squares-and-palaces"],"acf":{"contatti_iat":false,"accessibilita_disabili":"","orario":"","chiusura_settimanale":"","tariffe":"","iat":30186,"localita":33071},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Memorial monument (Monumento ai Caduti) - Visit Piacenza<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Monumento ai caduti (Memorial monument for the war dead) in Monticelli d&#039;Ongina. 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