Piazza dei Martiri (in Italian: Martyrs' Square) is a monument-containing square in Naples, Italy, located at the junction of Via Domenico Morelli and Santa Caterina, one block north of the eastern end of the large seaside park known as the Villa Comunale. The square was originally dedicated to Santa Maria a Cappella, but took on patriotic significance when Italy was united in 1861.
Piazza dei Martiri in Naples.
Monument to the Martyrs
The monument in the center of this square was built around a column already standing during the Bourbon rule, when the square was called the Piazza della Pace. The column was repurposed, and atop now stands a bronze statue depicting the Virtue of the Martyrs, designed by Emanuele Caggiano . Four lions stand at the corners of the square base, each represent Neapolitan patriots who died during specific anti-Bourbon revolutions[1]
To the glorious memory of the Neapolitan citizens who died in the struggles or scaffold revindicated for the people with solemn and eternal covenant the freedom to proclaim the plebiscite of October 21, 1860 The City Hall Consecrates
Lions at base of monument
To fallen in 1799
To fallen in 1820
To fallen in 1848
To fallen in 1860
References
^Rambles in Naples: An Archaeological and Historical Guide to the Museums, by S. Russell Forbes, page 32.
Alla gloriosa memoria dei cittadini napoletani che caduti nelle pugne o sul patibolo rivendicarono al popolo la libertà di proclamare con patto solenne ed eterno il plebiscito del XXI ottobre MDCCCLX Il Municipio Consacra
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