page_title: Viareggio
section_title: Monuments
hierarchical_section_title: Viareggio / Monuments
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: monumento ai caduti, plaza Garibaldi, Viareggio; 1927; Lorenzo VianiDeutsch: Kriegerdenkmal: An der Piazza Garibaldi wurde neun Jahre nach Ende des ersten Weltkrieges 1927 ein damals umstrittenes Kriegerdenkmal des in Viareggio geborenen Künstlers Lorenzo Viani (1882-1936) und des Bildhauer Domenico Rampelli aufgestellt. Ihre Darstellung der Skulpturen des 'Monumenta ai Caduti' (Denkmal für die Gefallenen) stellten im Gegensatz zum erwarteten Herorismus das menschliche Leid in den Vordergrund. Drei Soldaten sind in unterschiedlichen Stadien ihres Leides zu sehen. Ein Mann ist bereits gefallen, während ein anderer verzweifelt nach oben greift. Ihr Kamerad steht noch, wendet sich aber mit angstverzerrtem Gesicht von ihnen ab. Nach der Enthüllung waren viele Betrachter von der Ausführung entsetzt und tauften die Piazza Garibaldi in „Piazza delle Paure“ (Platz der Angst) um. Eine damals mutige künstlerische Entscheidung, entwickelte sich doch Italien 1927-1934 die persönliche Diktatur Benito Mussolinis (1883-1945). Das Denkmal wurde vollständig aus Bronze geschaffen. Der expressionistische Stil ist eine einzigartige Interpretation des klassischen Kriegsdenkmals, das den Kampf normalerweise glorifiziert. Im krassen Kontrast dazu zeigt Vianis Entwurf die hässliche Fratze des Krieges: sterbende, fallende, von Angst zerfressene Soldaten.
context_page_description: Viareggio is a city in northern Tuscany in Italy on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With over 63,000 people it is the main centre of the northern Tuscan Riviera known as Versilia, and the second largest city in the Province of Lucca.
  Viareggio is famous for the "Passeggiata", a promenade, and for the oldest Carnival in Europe, the "Carnevale di Viareggio".
context_section_description: War memorial, (piazza Garibaldi), 1927, bronze, Lorenzo Viani and Domenico Rampelli.
  The "Madonnina", (pier), 1950, marble statue with concrete pedestal in the shape of four rudders.
  Statue of the Madonna, (over-pass), 1956, marble statue with a stone pedestal, Nicola Arrighi.
  Monument to Shelley, (piazza Shelley), bronze, 1894, Urbano Lucchesi. The sculpture is located near the place where the body of English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was found and cremated.
  Monument to Giuseppe Barsanti, bronze, with marble base, 1926. The sculpture is dedicated to the first owner of the Bagno Nettuno.
  The Sailor, (logge della Camera del Lavoro), bronze, 1991, Giovanni Lazzarini.
  The Fisherman (mercato ittico, Marina di Levante), bronze, Giovanni Lazzarini.
  Fisherman, (piazzetta Motto e Palmerini, Lungocanale Est), bronze, 1994, Augusto Murrer.
  War Memorial, (piazza Palombari dell'Artiglio), 1985, Enio Francesconi.
  Memorial to the Fallen of World War I, stone with an element in bronze, 1923.
  Monument to the Resistance and to Peace, .
  Low-relief to commemorate the Liberation
  Monument to Giacomo Puccini
  Monumental headstone
  Monumental Fountain, 1960-1961, inaugurated in 1963, Beppe Domenici, and representing the four seasons.
  Girl on the sand, (piazza Maria Luisa), fountain, 1938, the statue was damaged during the War, Mario Carlesi.
  Le Oceaniche, (piazza Puccini), painted alluminium, 1993, Guido Turcato, donated to the city by the artist.
  Monument to the fallen aviators, (piazza Maria luisa), 2007.
caption: War Memorial in Piazza Garibaldi, known as "Piazza delle Paure"
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