Monumento al Bersagliere
Monumento al Bersagliere is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Monte Ara stands 782 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Museo Storico dei Bersaglieri, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The Monument to the Bersagliere is a statuary monument located in Piazzale di Porta Pia, near the spot, where Italian soldiers were able to breach the city walls of Rome in 1870, thus leading to the integration of Rome into the Kingdom of Italy. The monument stands to the north of the gate, outside the walls. Attached to the gate buildings, designed by Michelangelo, that once represented Porta Pia, is a Museum of the History of the Bersaglieri (Museo Storico dei Bersaglieri), established here in 1921. Plans for a monument were proposed as early as 1923, but placed in abeyance by Mussolini in order not to antagonize the papal administration. Starting in 1926, negotiations led to the 1929 Lateran treaty between Italy and the Vatican. In 1930, a public competition for a design garnered 24 submissions. The committee, influenced by Mussolini, chose the design by Publio Morbiducci. The statue was inaugurated on 18 September 1932 in the presence of King Vittorio Emanuele III, Prince Umberto, Benito Mussolini, Achille Starace, and the Governor of Rome Francesco Boncompagni Ludovisi. The fascist government favored virile and bellicose monuments, recalling or inspiring the dreams of empire. The monument has a statue of a dynamic and stern bersaglieri or marksman, running towards the gate, made of bronze, with the rifle in his right hand and the trumpet in his left. The large oval travertine base was made by the sculptor Mancini, with a series of bas-reliefs in Trani stone depicting Bersaglieri-linked battles or soldiers, sculpted by Morbiducci, including the Battle of Ponte di Goito, the death of Luciano Manara, the breach of Porta Pia, on the left; and the Battle of Sciara Sciat (Shar al-Shatt), the wounding of Enrico Toti, the death of Alberto Riva di Villasanta, on the right. Under the reliefs, are two inscriptions in geometric sans serifs (with the V substituting for U: one by Mussolini himself: "Just a century of history, but how many sacrifices, how many battles and how much glory!". The other by Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Duke of Aosta: "Nothing resists the sharpshooter".
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Dates from 1932.
Wikidata Q56256393, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Museo Storico dei Bersaglieri: 0.0 mi
- Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi per le arti decorative: 0.3 mi
- Next Museum: 0.4 mi
- Museo Nazionale Romano - Terme di Diocleziano: 0.4 mi
- Museo dell'Arte Salvata: 0.5 mi
- Breccia di Porta Pia: 0.1 mi
- Breccia di Porta Pia: 0.1 mi
- Umberto Spizzichino: 0.2 mi
- Quintino Sella: 0.3 mi
- Antonio Piccinni: 0.3 mi
- Sepolcro del Giovinetto Quinto Sulpicio Massimo: 0.2 mi
- Sepolcro di Cornelia: 0.3 mi
- Terme di Diocleziano: 0.5 mi
- Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri: 0.5 mi
- Font Ludovisi: 0.5 mi
- Horti Sallustiani: 0.3 mi
- Chiostro di Michelangelo: 0.4 mi
- Giardino Francesco Evangelista: 0.7 mi
- Giardino del Parco dei Principi: 0.7 mi
- Giardino del Centocinquantesimo dell’Unità d’Italia (1861-2011): 0.8 mi
- Ratto di Europa: 0.3 mi
- Collaborative Work Bench: 0.4 mi
- le teste colossali: 0.4 mi
- le teste colossali: 0.4 mi
- le teste colossali: 0.4 mi
- Villa Albani: 0.4 mi
- Villa Giorgina: 0.5 mi
- Giardino Zerai Deres: 0.6 mi
- Villa Torlonia: 0.6 mi
- Giardini di Palazzo Barberini: 0.7 mi
- Celio: 1.7 mi
- Aventino: 2.1 mi
- Colle Vaticano: 2.7 mi
- Monte Mario: 2.7 mi
- Monte Ciocci: 3.1 mi
- Cascata fosso Marrana: 5.0 mi
- Cascata della Mola di Veio: 9.7 mi
- Cascata del fosso degli Olmetti: 9.8 mi
- Pisciacavallo: 12.1 mi
- Cascata di San Bartolomeo: 12.5 mi
- Le Palme: 13.1 mi
- Bau Beach: 16.8 mi
- Spiaggia dei gabbiani: 19.2 mi
- Malibù: 21.7 mi
- Spiaggia libera: 23.4 mi
- Sorgente (non potabile): 13.5 mi
- Acqua Acetosa: 14.0 mi
- Fonte Levinosa: 19.9 mi
- Fonte di Virginio: 20.5 mi
- Fonte: 22.1 mi
- Parco Agricolo di Casal del Marmo: 5.8 mi
- Monumento Naturale Parco della Cellulosa: 7.4 mi
- Riserva Naturale della Marcigliana: 7.5 mi
- Monumento Naturale di Galeria Antica: 13.0 mi
- Oasi WWF di Macchiagrande: 15.5 mi
- Rupe Tarpea: 1.6 mi
- Rupe del Parco Brin: 3.5 mi
- Rupe del Lotto 6: 3.6 mi
- Rupe sinistra delle Rocce di San Paolo: 3.6 mi
- Falesia Ciampino: 9.1 mi
- Lago Bullicante Ex Snia: 2.2 mi
- Area Picnic 1: 9.6 mi
- Area Picnic 2: 9.8 mi
- Area attrezzata Tuscolo: 12.8 mi
- Le Scampagnate di Sbardella Giuliano: 13.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Monumento al Bersagliere. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Ara | SE 131° | 782 m | 15.1 mi |
| Monte Salomone | ESE 123° | 778 m | 14.3 mi |
| la Montagnola | ESE 123° | 736 m | 13.7 mi |
| Trinità SS in Algido | ESE 122° | 710 m | 14.7 mi |
| Colle Tondo | SE 128° | 686 m | 15.1 mi |
| Monte Tuscolo | SE 125° | 670 m | 13.3 mi |
| Colle dell'Acqua | SE 128° | 555 m | 14.1 mi |
| Colle della Tartaruga (Colle Procolio) | SE 128° | 516 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:15 | 17:45 | 18:22 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:07 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:57 | 16:42 |
Local time (Europe/Rome).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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