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Generale Manfredo Fanti

Generale Manfredo Fanti is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Poggio all'Aia stands 934 m to the north, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Museo di San Marco, a museum 0.1 miles away.

The story

The Monument to General Manfredo Fanti commemorates General Manfredo Fanti (1806-1865), a soldier and leader in battles for Italian independence and unification. The statue, erected in 1873, is located in the Piazza San Marco in central Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. After his death, the city commissioned a statue from Pio Fedi, a sculptor in Florence. The statue was erected in the piazza, which stands before the headquarters of the Royal Military Command, on the corner of via Arazzieri. The general in his cape and sword, nearly steps off the pedestal. The plinth has two marble bas-reliefs, one of the arms of war, the other an episode in the Battle of San Martino. At the four corners are four figures symbolize politics, strategy, tactics, and fortifications. Florentines have contrasted this statue with Fedi's other masterpiece: the Rape of Polyxena (1865) in the Loggia dei Lanzi. In that group, Pyrrhus is helmeted; here however, the pacing Manfredo Fanti is shown bareheaded and balding, at the whim of elements and pigeons. Popular songs commented on this contrast. The inscription on the marble plinth reads, Manfredo Fanti born in Carpi/ on 25 February 1806,/ for the love of liberty,/ exiled in 1831./ Learned in Spain/ the art of war/ and in the Wars of Italy/General of the armies/His bravery and sense hastened/ the independence and unity of the fatherland./ Died in Florence April 5, 1865.

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Dates from 1873.

Wikidata Q25053560, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.77784, 11.25876

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
  • Piazzale Michelangelo: 1.1 mi
  • Fonte Pecchioli: 4.1 mi
  • Fonte Mezzina: 4.6 mi
  • Fonte Giallina: 4.7 mi
  • Fonte di Cascina: 5.4 mi
Peaks
  • Montepiano: 2.5 mi
  • Colle San Francesco: 2.6 mi
  • Monterivecchi: 2.6 mi
  • Monte Rinaldi: 2.6 mi
  • Monte Ceceri: 2.8 mi
Gardens: 38
Picnic sites: 13
Waterfalls: 8
  • Tonfo del Diavolo: 7.9 mi
  • Pescaia Calvelli: 13.5 mi
  • Cascata di Meriggioni: 16.3 mi
  • Pisciolo di Macereto: 16.6 mi
  • Pisciolo di Sant'Antonio: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Generale Manfredo Fanti. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Poggio all'AiaN 349°934 m7.3 mi
Poggio CasacciaN 351°921 m6.7 mi
Poggio CornacchiacciaN 350°892 m7.1 mi
Poggio CapannelleN 354°839 m6.9 mi
Poggio TriniN 354°764 m6.4 mi
Poggio al GiroN 355°747 m5.2 mi
Monte RotondoN 352°705 m5.9 mi
Poggio PratoneNE 48°702 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2017:4918:27
June solstice05:3420:1721:01
September equinox07:0318:3719:15
December solstice07:4615:5416:41

Local time (Europe/Rome).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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