Statue Antonio Bordini - Barga - Tuscany

A monument to one of Barga's most illustrious sons, Antonio Mordini (1819-1902), who was one of the architects of Italian unification and an astute and prominent politician. (the statue was restored in 2011)

In his time he was Minister of Foreign Affairs and then Minister of War in the Provisional Government in Florence (1849), Garibaldi's representative in Sicily, Prefect of Naples and finally Minister of Public Works (1867) in the Government of the Kingdom of Italy.

The monument dedicated to him is the work of Raffaello Romanelli of Florence, and the epigraph written by Giovanni Pascoli reads:

SENATOR, FOURTEEN TIME REPRESENTATIVE AND EVEN ONCE DICTATOR FOR GARIBALDI.
IN THE YEAR WHERE THE THOUSAND MATCHED, THE MOST ELORIGENT IN THE CREATION OF A NEW ITALY FROM THE MEMORY OF ITS ANCIENT PAST LISTEN TO HIM CITIZENS. ITS IMMORTAL WORDS, ENGRAVED IN BRONZE, STILL SPRING YOU:
I TELL YOU, CLOSE THE RANKS AND UNITE - PASCOLIA

willem vandenameele