Monument to King Umberto I

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Monument to King Umberto I, Villa Borghese

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On July 29th 1900, Umberto I, the second king of Italy, was assassinated in Monza by the Italian-American anarchist Gaetano Bresci.   

The monument to King Umberto I (r. 1878-1900), which stands in Villa Borghese, was designed and partly created by the sculptor Davide Calandra (1856-1915). After Calandra's death the monument was completed by Edoardo Rubino (1871-54) and  unveiled to the public in 1926. 

Umberto I was the second king of Italy. He was assassinated in Monza on July 29th 1900, by the Italian-American anarchist Gaetano Bresci.   

Umberto I is interred in the Pantheon, opposite his father King Vittorio Emanuele II (r. 1861-78). 

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