Completed
in 1911 for the fiftieth anniversary of the unification of Italy, even though
the project by Ennio De Rossi dates to 1886
It is
108.75 m (357 feet) long
FOUR BRONZE
WINGED VICTORIES with in their hands objects of explicit symbolism:
Works of Elmo Palazzi (1871/1915), Luigi Casadio,
Amleto Cataldi (1882/1930)
e Francesco Pifferetti
FOUR
SCULPTURAL GROUPS in travertine limestone:
From Corso Vittorio Emanuele II on the upstream
side:
“Loyalty to the
Statute. Following Novara, 1849” with flame of freedom by Giuseppe Romagnoli (1872/1966)
“The military bravery” by the Florentine Italo Griselli (1880/1958)
From Corso Vittorio Emanuele II on the
downstream side:
“The triumph of
politics or the proclamation of the kingdom of Italy” by Giovanni
Nicolini (1843/1915)
“The monarchy and the
Father of the Nation comfort the people of Rome after the flood of 1870” by Cesare
Reduzzi (1857/1911) and Edoardo Rubino
(1871/1954)
The
sculptures were placed on the bridge in 1912 and so the bridge had two
inaugurations. The president of the jury was the sculptor Ettore Ferrari
It is
interesting to note that the flame of freedom in the group of Fidelity to the
Statute is protected with hands from the winds blowing from the direction of
the Vatican, a clear anticlerical message
Another
anti-clerical message is embodied by the Winged Victory closer
to the Vatican that is confronting it with not so
friendly an attitude
During
dry periods of the river one can see, just below the downstream side of the
bridge, the ancient ruins of NERO’S BRIDGE or TRIONFALE BRIDGE
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