List of equestrian statues in Italy

The earliest surviving Renaissance equestrian statue: Equestrian statue of Gattamelata by Donatello, on Piazza del Santo (Padua), 1453

This is a list of equestrian statues in Italy.

Frequently represented persons:

Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882)
Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878), Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II

See also: List of equestrian statues by country

Rome

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, 5 m. tall, Roman bronze equestrian in the Capitoline Museums, previously on Piazza del Campidoglio, second half of the 2nd century.
Replica of the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, at Piazza del Campidoglio
Equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel II, 12 m tall,^[1] on the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill
Equestrian of Umberto I, at Villa Borghese
Equestrian of Giuseppe Garibaldi by Emilio Gallori at the Piazza Garibaldi, 1895.
Equestrian of Anita Garibaldi by Mario Rutelli located 200m north of the Piazza Garibaldi alongside the Viale aldo Fabrizi, 1932.
Equestrian of Skanderbeg, at Piazza Albania
Equestrian of King Carlo Alberto in the center of the Quirinale Gardens
Equestrian of Emperor Constantine I by Bernini, north end of the narthex in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 1670.
Equestrian of Charlemagne by Cornacchini, south end of the narthex in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 18th century.

Original statue of Marcus Aurelius in the Capitoline Museums
Marcus Aurelius at Piazza del Campidoglio
Victor Emmanuel II at Piazza Venezia
Umberto I at Villa Borghese
Giuseppe Garibaldi at Piazza Garibaldi
Skanderbeg at Piazza Albania
Carlo Alberto at the Quirinale Gardens
Anita Garibaldi 200m N of Piazza Garibaldi
Charlemagne in St. Peter's Basilica

Assisi

Equestrian statue of Francis of Assisi, in the Upper Courtyard of the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi

Asti

Umberto I by Odoardo Tabacchi, at Piazza Cairoli

Bergamo

Monument on the Bartolomeo Colleoni's tomb in Cappella Colleoni. Aureate wood by Leonardo Siry and Sisto da Norimberga.

Bartolomeo Colleoni in Bergamo

Bologna

Equestrian of Giuseppe Garibaldi in the Via Indipendenza.
Equestrian of Benito Mussolini by Giuseppe Graziosi at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara (no longer existent)

Giuseppe Garibaldi in Bologna

Brescia

Equestrian of Giuseppe Garibaldi by Eugenio Maccagnani at the Piazza Garibaldi, 1889.

Giuseppe Garibaldi in Brescia

Casale Monferrato

Carlo Alberto on Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini

Carlo Alberto

Ferrara

Monument to Niccolò III d'Este

Niccolò III d'Este

Fiesole

L'incontro di Teano by Oreste Calzolari, equestrian statues of Vittorio Emanuele II and Giuseppe Garibaldi at Piazza Mino, 1906

L'incontro di Teano at Piazza Mino

Florence

Giambologna's and Pietro Tacca's equestrian of Ferdinando I de' Medici (1608) on the Piazza della Santissima Annunziata.
Cosimo I de' Medici by Giambologna (1598) on the Piazza della Signoria.
Equestrian of Victor Emmanuel II at the Parco delle Cascine.

Genova

Equestrian of Giuseppe Garibaldi by Augusto Rivalta at the Piazza De Ferrari, 1879.
Equestrian of Victor Emmanuel II at the Piazza Corvetto.

Giuseppe Garibaldi in Genova
Victor Emmanuel II in Genova

La Spezia

Equestrian monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi by Antonio Garella, 1913.

Giuseppe Garibaldi in La Spezia

Livorno

Equestrian of Victor Emmanuel II by Augusto Rivalta.

Victor Emmanuel II in Livorno

Lodi

Monument to Frederick I Barbarossa by Felice Vanelli, 2008

Milan

Monument to Bernabò Visconti by Bonino da Campione, originally in San Giovanni in Conca, now at in the Museo di arte antica, Castello Sforzesco, 1363.
Equestrian monument to Victor Emmanuel II by Ercole Rosa at the Piazza del Duomo, 1896.
Equestrian of Giuseppe Garibaldi by Ettore Ximenes at the Piazzale Carioli ("Piazza Castello"), 1895.
Equestrian of General General Giuseppe Missori by Riccardo Ripamonti at the Piazza Missori, 1916.
Clay model of the horse for equestrian statue to Francesco I Sforza was completed by Leonardo da Vinci in Milan 1492; cast as an equine statue and placed in Milan outside the racetrack of Ippodromo del Galoppo in 1992. ^[2]

Bernabò Visconti in Castello Sforzesco
Victor Emmanuel II at Piazza del Duomo
Giuseppe Garibaldi at Piazzale Carioli ("Piazza Castello")
Giuseppe Missori at Piazza Missori

Naples

Equestrian of Victor Emmanuel II at the Piazza Municipio.
Equestrian of King Carlo III di Borbone (Carlo III) at the Piazza del Plebiscito.
Equestrian of King Ferdinando I delle Due Sicilie at the Piazza del Plebiscito.
Equestrian of General Armando Diaz in the via Caracciolo.
Equestrian of Marcus Nonius Balbus, in the Naples National Archaeological Museum

Padua

Donatello's Gattamelata (1453) on the piazza in front of the Basilica of Saint Anthony. It was the first full-size equestrian bronze cast since antiquity.

Gattamelata in Padua

Perugia

Equestrian of Victor Emmanuel II.

Victor Emmanuel II in Perugia

Piacenza

Francesco Mochi's monument to Ranuccio II Farnese (1620) at the Piazza dei Cavalli (Horses' Square).
Francesco Mochi's monument to Alessandro Farnese (1629) at the Piazza dei Cavalli (Horses' Square).

Ranuccio II Farnese in Piacenza
Alessandro Farnese in Piacenza

Pistoia

Equestrian statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi

Ponte Gardena

Al Genio del Fascismo by G. Gori, renamed Al Genio del Lavoratore Italiano in 1945, 1938 (destroyed in 1961).

Rovigo

Equestrian monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi by Ettore Ferrari, at Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi at Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi

Savona

Equestrian monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi by Leonardo Bistolfi, 1912-1928

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Turin

Equestrian of Duke Emanuele Filiberto, at Piazza San Carlo
Two equestrian statues of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), by Abbondio Sangiorgio, at the Palazzo Reale
Equestrian of King Carlo Alberto by Carlo Marocchetti, at Piazza Carlo Alberto
Equestrian statue of Alfonso La Marmora, at Piazza Bodoni

Duke Emanuele Filiberto at Piazza San Carlo
Pollux at Palazzo Reale
Castor at Palazzo Reale
King Carlo Alberto at Piazza Carlo Alberto
Alfonso La Marmora at Piazza Bodoni

Venice

Bartolomeo Colleoni by Verrocchio on the Campo dei santi Giovanni e Paolo square.
Equestrian of Victor Emmanuel II by Ettore Ferrari on the Riva degli Schiavoni, 1887.
Golden statue on the tomb Domenico Contarini (died 1526), in Santo Stefano church, 1650.

Verona

Equestrian statues from the Scaliger Tombs, now at the Castelvecchio Museum:
- Cangrande I della Scala
- Mastino II della Scala
Equestrian of Cangrande I della Scala, copy at the Scaliger Tombs
Equestrian of Cansignorio della Scala
Equestrian of Victor Emmanuel II at the Piazza Bra
Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi by Pietro Bordini, at Piazza Indipendenza, 1887

Cangrande della Scala at Castelvecchio Museum
Mastino II della Scala at Castelvecchio Museum
Cansignorio della Scala
Cangrande della Scala at the Scaliger Tombs
Victor Emmanuel II at Piazza Bra
Giuseppe Garibaldi at Piazza Indipendenza

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