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This is a list of equestrian statues in Italy.

Frequently represented persons:

• Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882)
• Victor Emmanuel II (1820–1878), Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II

Rome

• Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, 5 m. tall, Roman bronze equestrian in the Capitoline Museums, previously on Piazza del Campidoglio, second half of the 2nd century.
• Replica of the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, at Piazza del Campidoglio
• Equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, 12 m tall,[1] on the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill
• Equestrian of Umberto I, at Villa Borghese
• Equestrian of Giuseppe Garibaldi by Emilio Gallori at the Piazza Garibaldi, 1895.
• Equestrian of Anita Garibaldi by Mario Rutelli located 200m north of the Piazza Garibaldi alongside the Viale aldo Fabrizi, 1932.
• Equestrian of Skanderbeg, at Piazza Albania
• Equestrian of King Carlo Alberto in the center of the Quirinale Gardens
• Equestrian of Emperor Constantine I by Bernini, north end of the narthex in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 1670.
• Equestrian of Charlemagne by Cornacchini, south end of the narthex in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 18th century.

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  Original statue of Marcus Aurelius in the Capitoline Museums
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  Marcus Aurelius at Piazza del Campidoglio
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  Victor Emmanuel II at Piazza Venezia
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  Umberto I at Villa Borghese
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  Giuseppe Garibaldi at Piazza Garibaldi
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  Skanderbeg at Piazza Albania
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  Carlo Alberto at the Quirinale Gardens
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  Anita Garibaldi 200m N of Piazza Garibaldi
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  Charlemagne in St. Peter's Basilica

Assisi

• Equestrian statue of Francis of Assisi, in the Upper Courtyard of the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi

Asti

• Umberto I by Odoardo Tabacchi, at Piazza Cairoli

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Bergamo

• Monument on the Bartolomeo Colleoni's tomb in Cappella Colleoni. Aureate wood by Leonardo Siry and Sisto da Norimberga.

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  Bartolomeo Colleoni in Bergamo

Bologna

• Equestrian of Giuseppe Garibaldi in the Via Indipendenza.
• Equestrian of Benito Mussolini by Giuseppe Graziosi at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara (no longer existent)

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  Giuseppe Garibaldi in Bologna

Brescia

• Equestrian of Giuseppe Garibaldi by Eugenio Maccagnani at the Piazza Garibaldi, 1889.

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  Giuseppe Garibaldi in Brescia

Casale Monferrato

• Carlo Alberto on Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini

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  Carlo Alberto

Ferrara

• Monument to Niccolò III d'Este by Giacomo Zilocchi at piazza della Cattedrale, 1927.

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  Niccolò III d'Este

Fiesole

• L'incontro di Teano by Oreste Calzolari, equestrian statues of Vittorio Emanuele II and Giuseppe Garibaldi at Piazza Mino, 1906

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  L'incontro di Teano at Piazza Mino

Florence

• Giambologna's and Pietro Tacca's Equestrian Monument of Ferdinando I (1608) on the Piazza della Santissima Annunziata.
• Cosimo I de' Medici by Giambologna (1598) on the Piazza della Signoria.
• Equestrian of Victor Emmanuel II at the Parco delle Cascine.

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  Ferdinando I de' Medici in Florence
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  Cosimo I de' Medici in Florence
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  Victor Emmanuel II in Florence

Genova

• Equestrian of Giuseppe Garibaldi by Augusto Rivalta at the Piazza De Ferrari, 1879.
• Equestrian of Victor Emmanuel II at the Piazza Corvetto.

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  Giuseppe Garibaldi in Genova
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  Victor Emmanuel II in Genova

La Spezia

• Equestrian monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi by Antonio Garella, 1913.

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  Giuseppe Garibaldi in La Spezia

Livorno

• Equestrian of Victor Emmanuel II by Augusto Rivalta.

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  Victor Emmanuel II in Livorno

Lodi

• Monument to Frederick I Barbarossa by Felice Vanelli, 2008

Milan

• Monument to Bernabò Visconti by Bonino da Campione, originally in San Giovanni in Conca, now in the Museo di arte antica, Castello Sforzesco, 1363.
• Equestrian monument to Victor Emmanuel II by Ercole Rosa at the Piazza del Duomo, 1896.
• Equestrian of Giuseppe Garibaldi by Ettore Ximenes at the Piazzale Carioli ("Piazza Castello"), 1895.
• Equestrian of General General Giuseppe Missori by Riccardo Ripamonti at the Piazza Missori, 1916.
• Clay model of the horse for equestrian statue to Francesco I Sforza was completed by Leonardo da Vinci in Milan 1492; cast as an equine statue and placed in Milan outside the racetrack of Ippodromo del Galoppo in 1992.[2]

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  Bernabò Visconti in Castello Sforzesco
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  Victor Emmanuel II at Piazza del Duomo
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  Giuseppe Garibaldi at Piazzale Carioli ("Piazza Castello")
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  Giuseppe Missori at Piazza Missori

Naples

• Equestrian of Victor Emmanuel II at the Piazza Municipio.
• Equestrian of King Carlo III di Borbone (Carlo III) at the Piazza del Plebiscito.
• Equestrian of King Ferdinando I delle Due Sicilie at the Piazza del Plebiscito.
• Equestrian of General Armando Diaz in the via Caracciolo.
• Equestrian of Marcus Nonius Balbus, in the Naples National Archaeological Museum

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  Victor Emmanuel II
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  King Carlo III di Borbone at the Piazza del Plebiscito
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  King Ferdinando I delle Due Sicilie at the Piazza del Plebiscito
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  Marcus Nonius Balbus

Padua

• Donatello's Gattamelata (1453) on the piazza in front of the Basilica of Saint Anthony. It was the first full-size equestrian bronze cast since antiquity.

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  Gattamelata in Padua

Perugia

• Equestrian of Victor Emmanuel II.

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  Victor Emmanuel II in Perugia

Piacenza

• Francesco Mochi's monument to Ranuccio II Farnese (1620) at the Piazza dei Cavalli (Horses' Square).
• Francesco Mochi's monument to Alessandro Farnese (1629) at the Piazza dei Cavalli (Horses' Square).

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  Ranuccio II Farnese in Piacenza
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  Alessandro Farnese in Piacenza

Pistoia

• Equestrian statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Ponte Gardena

• Al Genio del Fascismo by G. Gori, renamed Al Genio del Lavoratore Italiano in 1945, 1938 (destroyed in 1961).

Rovigo

• Equestrian monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi by Ettore Ferrari, at Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi

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  Giuseppe Garibaldi at Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi

Savona

• Equestrian monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi by Leonardo Bistolfi, 1912-1928

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  Giuseppe Garibaldi

Turin

• Equestrian of Duke Emanuele Filiberto, at Piazza San Carlo
• Two equestrian statues of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), by Abbondio Sangiorgio, at the Palazzo Reale
• Equestrian of King Carlo Alberto by Carlo Marocchetti, at Piazza Carlo Alberto
• Equestrian statue of Alfonso La Marmora, at Piazza Bodoni

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  Duke Emanuele Filiberto at Piazza San Carlo
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  Pollux at Palazzo Reale
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  Castor at Palazzo Reale
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  King Carlo Alberto at Piazza Carlo Alberto
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  Alfonso La Marmora at Piazza Bodoni

Venice

• Bartolomeo Colleoni by Verrocchio on the Campo dei santi Giovanni e Paolo square.
• Equestrian of Victor Emmanuel II by Ettore Ferrari on the Riva degli Schiavoni, 1887.
• Golden statue on the tomb Domenico Contarini (died 1526), in Santo Stefano church, 1650.

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  Domenico Contarini
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  Bartolomeo Colleoni in Venice
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  Victor Emmanuel II in Venice

Verona

• Equestrian statues from the Scaliger Tombs, now at the Castelvecchio Museum:
  • Cangrande I della Scala
  • Mastino II della Scala
• Equestrian of Cangrande I della Scala, copy at the Scaliger Tombs
• Equestrian of Cansignorio della Scala
• Equestrian of Victor Emmanuel II at the Piazza Bra
• Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi by Pietro Bordini, at Piazza Indipendenza, 1887

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  Cangrande della Scala at Castelvecchio Museum
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  Mastino II della Scala at Castelvecchio Museum
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  Cansignorio della Scala
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  Cangrande della Scala at the Scaliger Tombs
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  Victor Emmanuel II at Piazza Bra
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  Giuseppe Garibaldi at Piazza Indipendenza

References

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2008)

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