The Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Giuseppe Garibaldi, one of the great heroes of the Italian Risorgimento, died on June 2nd 1882, little over a month before his seventy-fifth birthday. 

A grand monument to Garibaldi, the work of the Florentine sculptor Emilio Gallori (1846-1924), stands on the Janiculum Hill.   

A bronze equestrian statue of the great man crowns the monument, which was unveiled on September 20th 1895. At a lower level are four bronze statuary groups. The group on the east side (facing the city) depicts one of the battles fought here on the Janiculum Hill in 1849 for the defence of the short-lived Roman Republic. The group on the west side depicts a scene from the Battle of Calatafimi. The two other groups symbolise America (north) and Europe (south).  
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Plaque to Giuseppe Garibaldi from the Freemasons of Italy