1887 Ettore Ferrari (1845/1929)
Bronze statue and pedestal of granite from Baveno
Dedicated in 1889 in the very same place where Giordano Bruno (1548/1600) was burned as a heretic on February 17, 1600
In the base EIGHT MEDALLIONS with faces of heretical thinkers and THREE PANELS with scenes from the life of Giordano Bruno: "The lesson at Oxford", "The Trial" and "The burning at the stake"
"Ferrari was committed to offer his work for free, creating a first draft that showed Bruno with his arm raised in the act of preaching and persuading to revolt. Rejected by the City Council, Ferrari had to change the statue, removing any reference to his revolutionary preaching and so conceiving the severe figure of the 'Philosopher Bruno'" (Alessandra Imbellone)
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