Monument to Ciro Menotti by Cesare Sighinolfi, 1880
Piazza Roma
Modena, May 2024
“The neoclassical and naturalist training of the sculptor Cesare Sighinolfi emerges forcefully in the figure of Ciro Menotti. The gigantic statue (3.77 meters high) in white Carrara marble enhances the romantic image of the hero who, after defeat and extreme sacrifice, lives in the right ideals marching towards inevitable victory. The monument is enriched by a powerful square base, also made of white marble, where the medallions with the effigies of four other Modenese martyrs are placed: Don Giuseppe Andreoli (1789-1822), accused of Carbonari, convicted and executed in 1822; Vincenzo Borelli, hanged together with Ciro Menotti; Anacarsi Nardi (1800-1844), secretary of his uncle Biagio Nardi (1768-1835) head of the provisional government after the revolts of 1831, exiled in Corfu, joined the Giovine Italia and took part in the ill-fated expedition to Calabria of the Venetian brothers Attilio (1810-1844) and Emilio Bandiera (1819-1844) and with they were shot on 25 July 1844 in the Vallone di Rovito; Giuseppe Ricci (1796-1832), count and noble guard of Duke Francesco IV, who was condemned to be shot in 1832 on the false accusation of having plotted to kill the duke.” (Monument to Ciro Menotti, Regione Emilia Romagna)
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