Monument to Alessandro Tassoni by Alessandro Cavazza, 1860
Piazza della Torre
Modena, May 2024
“Alessandro Tassoni (28 September 1565 – 25 April 1635) was an Italian poet and writer, from Modena, best known as the author of the mock-heroic poem ‘La secchia rapita’ (‘The Rape of the Pail’, or ‘The stolen bucket’). He was born in Modena, to a noble family, from Bernardino Tassoni and Sigismonda Pellicciari. Having lost both parents at an early age, he was raised by the maternal grandfather, Giovanni Pellicciari. It was with Giovanni that, according to tradition, he first visited the bucket, which was later to inspire his major work, in the belfry of Modena's Cathedral.” (Alessandro Tassoni, Wikipedia)
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