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9 Monuments & Statues in Castello That You Shouldn't Miss
With its gondolas, canals, amazing restaurants, and unforgettable romantic ambiance, Venice is definitely a city for one's bucket list. Waterfront palazzos, palaces, and churches make drifting down the Grand Canal feel like cruising through a painting. To really experience Venice you must go to the opera or to a classical music performance, nibble fresh pasta and pastries, and linger in the exhibit halls of an art gallery. Label lovers will drool over the high-end shopping in Piazza San Marco.
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1. Monumento alla Partigiana Veneta
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4.5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By chriswood72 - Nottingham, United Kingdom
The Monumento alla Partigiana Venet (Monument to the Venetian Partisan can be found along the Viale Giardini Pubblici in the Castello Sestieri of Venice. I believe it was designed by Augusto Murer (2009) following the destruction of Leoncillo's sculpture in 1961 due to a bomb. Augusto Murer won the competition for the creation of a new statue, a bronze piece in which the artist depicts the body of a landed partisan. I came across this monument quite by accident and would have walked straight passed it if I had not seen a couple of tourists taking pictures. One of the better monuments in Venice (in my opinion).
2. I Leoni dell'Arsenale
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4.5 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By asiyahnoemik - Pula, Croatia
Leone del Pireo (The Piraeus Lion) is one of four lion statues on display at the Venetian Arsenal, where it was displayed as a symbol of Venice's patron saint, San Marco ( Saint Mark ). Their beauty and strength impresses at the entrance to the shipyard. It fits nicely into the ambiance, the walls, the towers, the bridges inside the shipyard and the bridge over the Rio dell Arsenale. It was originally located in Piraeus, the harbor of Athens. It was looted by Venetian naval commander Francesco Morosini in 1687 as a plunder taken in the Great Turkish War against the Ottoman Empire, during which the Venetians captured Athens and Morosini's cannons caused damage to the Parthenon that was matched only by his subsequent sack of the city. The lion was originally sculpted in about 360 BC, which is made of white marble and stands some 3 m (9 ft.) High. The lion was a well-known monument in Piraeus, where it had been from the 1st or 2nd century. Its fame was such that the Italians called the port of Porto Leone. It is especially known for the fact that some Scandinavians in the second half of the 11th century illegally desecrated a lion statue, they carved two long runic inscriptions on the shoulders and sides of the lion. But the imposing beautiful statues of lions still failed to be destroyed.
3. Equestrian Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni
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4.0 based on 73 reviews
Reviewed By DellaG_12 - Coquitlam, Canada
Subject of this statue is the 14th century Bartolomeo Colleoni who was a Captain General of the Republic of Venice for many years. It is interesting that when he passed away, he left much of his estate to the Republic on the condition that a statue be erected of himself. Needless to say, the final location of the statue was not placed as intended at Piazza San Marco but instead at the Campo S.S. Giovanni e Paolo. This statue is striking and elegant in appearance and stands out in this public square. It is very much a focal point and gives a sense of stateliness to the square. Horse statues are always an imposing piece of artwork.
4. Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II
5. Monumento a Giuseppe Garibaldi
6. Lorenzo Quinn's Building Bridges
7. Monumento a Riccardo Selvatico
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3.0 based on 1 reviews
