Monumento all'Indiano (Monument to the Indian)
Parco delle Cascine (Cascine Park)
Florence, December 2021
“The Monumento all'Indiano or Monument to the Indian, more specifically ‘Monument to the Maratha Maharajah of Kohlapur, Rajaram Chhatrapati’ consisting of a small dome, or baldacchino, over the bust of the Indian prince, located at the east end of the Parco delle Cascine, of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. This is a peculiar monument attached to an unusual event. In 1870, returning from London after paying his respects to Queen Victoria, the 21 year old Maharajah, Rajaram II died from a febrile illness in his hotel room in the ‘La Pace Hotel’. His courtiers asked to conduct a cremation, or Antyesti ceremony, at the confluence of two rivers. They were able to perform a ceremony at the confluence of the Arno and stream of the Mugnone, near this site in the park. The events and the ceremony elicited a great deal of curiosity in the public.” (Monumento all'Indiano, Wikipedia)
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