The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-26
GIGANTIC STATUE
To Be DEDICATED
Eighth Wonder of the World
Will Be Unveiled in
Rome, Today.

der Of the world, a gigantic statue of
Victor Emmanuel, the Italian Wash
ington. which has been under course
of construction for the past twelve
years and cost s12,00o.000, Italy will
celebration of the fiftieth
anniversary of the Italian chambers
of the country as an in
dependent kingdom, which will last
during an entire year and open to the
world exhibitions of art, science, agri-
culture and mechanics without a peer
in the history of national eXpositions
The history of this great exposition
of thanksgiving to commemorate the
regeneration of Italy from despond-
ent poverty and practical bondage to
independence under the guiding hand
of Victor Emmanuel II, extends over
nearly decade, and is so closely con-
nected with the building of the great
monument to Italy's saviour that to
describe the events leading to the
building of one must necessarily bring
about a description of the other.
Start Of Agitation.
Just before the dawn of the nine
teenth century an agitation was set
afoot in Italy looking toward the cree
ton of memorial to Victor Emman-
uel. The collection of the fund for
this work met with instant success
the grateful populace, from king to
peasant, contributing so willingly
that millions were soon at the COM
mand of the promoters of the plan
and actual work was at once begun.
AS the years passed and the great
memorial gradually took shape under
the skillful hands of the artists anoth-
err plan was set afoot A plan to hold
an international exposition, or worlds
fair was proposed. This plan was first
adopted by the municipal council of
Rome in 1905. In 1908 national
committee decided to make the I'm
yelling of the statue and the celebra-
ton of Italy's independence one, and
for three years the people of Italy
have labored with feverish energy to
events they were to commemorate
That they have succeeded can not be
doubted when one glances over the
formidable array of exhibits, not only
of all the countries in the world, but
of every era of their own, to which
they have invited the nations of the
world.
The monster exposition consists of
five separate exhibitions. Between
Villa Borghese and Via Flamina, in
valley of unique beauty, transform
ed into park Of expresses and pines,
lies the Italian international exhibit
ton of modern art, around whose
monumental main building, built by
the young Roman architect, Cesare
tique style, pavilions have been built
by all the European countries and
even Japan. On the opposite side of
the Tiber, across which has been built
a new and wonderful bridge, lies the
chronological exhibition, strange city
of castles, towers, ruins and cottages
on the great plain at the foot of Mont
Mario. This exhibition contains be-
sides we'll built hotels and model vii
las in Italian style, a large museum
and a theater, two main sections of
the exposition of the chronological
committee and the buildings of the
Italian provinces, with old art exhib-
it's of all kinds.
A Wonderful Work.
The chronological section, built to
show the life of the people of Italy
from the Alps to Sicily, with all its
most characteristic beauties to
breathe new life into the study of folk
lore, to draw forth from obscurity for
gotten works of popular art and in.
dustry, will show costumes, orna
ments, furniture, utensils and pottery
It's inhabited, furnished villas and pea
SAINTS cottages from all parts of the
country. will show how the people
live and work, sing and dance, sc
that the visitor strolling through this
city will really travel through all It
ally from one end to the other.
The buildings of the provinces, in
which one may study the most glori
Gus artistic periods of each province
are all built in medieval or renais
sance style, old converts, monster
les. churches, palaces and castle
each characteristic to the province il
represents and in all of them are
halls in which old fashioned music
peculiar to each province may be
heard.
| In the tomb of Hadrian. the eigh
teen centuries old fortress, Castel Sal
Angelo. the third exhibition will BIZ
found containing a retrospective ex
hibton of art and applied are, retro
spective Roman typographical exhib
ition from antiquity until today, ant
a military exhibition, showing the pro
gress of military engineers through
out the centuries.
In the "Thermae of Diocletion" tn,
enormous ruins of which have beer
completely unearthed, will be fount
the archaeological exhibition shown,
the relations of antique Rome will
her 36 provinces, military, religious
and administrative. In the museum
di Via Nazionale of modern art will
be shown Italian art during the las
seventy years.
Year Long Festival.
| 1t goes without saying that durin;
the year-long festival the country viii
show the best she is now producin,
in music and on the stage, CLASSIC