WALLS ALONG THE BANKS OF THE RIVER TIBER

MURAGLIONI DEL TEVERE

Lungoteveri

17 m (56 feet) high

Built from 1875 until 1905 by Raffaele Canevari (1828/1900) and Angelo Vescovali (1826/95)

The last section, under the Aventine Hill, was only built in 1925

Most of the work took place around 1890

Giuseppe Garibaldi was among the ones who strongly lobbied to build the walls

There had been a large flood on December 28, 1870, just two months after the Breach of Porta Pia: the height of the River Tiber had reached 17.22 m (56.5 feet), the largest flood since 1637

The River Tiber has an average flow rate of about 240 m³/s, (8,500 cubic feet/s) significantly lower than the main rivers of the world (the Seine has a capacity of about 500 m³/s - 17,500 cubic feet/s - the Nile about 3,000 m³/s - 106,000 cubic feet/s) but it can also increase tenfold during major floods

It is estimated that in the flood of December 24, 1598, the largest ever recorded, the flow of the river reached 4,000 m³/s (141,000 cubic feet/s). On that occasion the Ponte S. Maria or Ponte Senatorio was destroyed and it has been known as the Ponte Rotto (Broken Bridge) ever since

MONUMENT TO ANITA GARIBALDI

MONUMENTO AD ANITA GARIBALDI

Piazzale Anita Garibaldi

1932 Mario Rutelli (1859/1943)

In the base there is the tomb of Anita Garibaldi (1821/49) wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi

She was Brazilian and her real name was Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro. She died at age 28 while pregnant during the escape with her husband after the defeat of the Roman Republic in 1849

MONUMENT TO GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI

MONUMENTO A GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI

Piazzale Giuseppe Garibaldi

1895 Emilio Gallori (1846/1924) who also completed Chiaradia's statue of Victor Emmanuel II on the Victor Emmanuel Monument

It is 22 m (72 feet) high. Gallori began working for the monument in 1886, two years after winning the competition

To make room for the monument in 1895 the CASINO CORSINI (Corsini Mansion) was destroyed, an old building curiously renovated with a neo-medieval appearance and turned into a lookout spot by the Roman section of the Alpine Club 

 

The posture of Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807/82) has a clear gesture of resentment towards the Vatican he hated so much

On the pedestal FOUR BRONZE GROUPS:

On the front "Assault of the Bersaglieri of Luciano Manara"

On the right "America"

On the left "Europe"

In the back "Battle of Calatafimi"

On the left end side of the base there is a "Bronze Crown", a remainder that Garibaldi was the Master Mason of Italian Freemasonry. The crown was removed during the fascist period and replaced with fascist symbols. A new one was restored after the war