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Monument to the Fallen, Pistoia

Buildings and structures completed in 1925Buildings and structures in PistoiaItalian fascist architectureMonuments and memorials in TuscanyWorld War I memorials in Italy
Silvio Canevari, monumento ai caduti della prima guerra mondiale, 1925, 02
Silvio Canevari, monumento ai caduti della prima guerra mondiale, 1925, 02

The Monument to the Fallen (Italian: Monumento ai Caduti) is a Fascist-era monument located in the center of Piazza San Francesco in Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy. The monument was meant to recall those fallen in the battles of World War I between 1915 and 1918. Though completed some years before, the bronze statue was only installed in 1926 with the King in attendance. The bronze statue shows a muscular, partly nude, semi-recumbent man sheltering a statue of Victory as he glares to the distance. The statue is on a marble base with flanking bas-reliefs depicting a winged victory and a mother and child sharing bundles of wheat (fasces). The sculptor, Silvio Canevari (1891–1953), would go on to sculpt statues of athletes for the Stadio Mussolini in Rome. Many of this statues, including The Pugilist and his Monument to Victory (commemorating those who fell in the wars of Africa) at Civita Castellana, also focus on the athletic man in combat.

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Monument to the Fallen, Pistoia
Piazza San Francesco, Pistoia

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Piazza San Francesco
51100 Pistoia
Tuscany, Italy
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Silvio Canevari, monumento ai caduti della prima guerra mondiale, 1925, 02
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Sant'Andrea, Pistoia
Sant'Andrea, Pistoia

Sant'Andrea (Pieve di Sant'Andrea) is a church in Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy that served as a pieve or place that congregations from surrounding village churches use for baptism. It is dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle, and includes the famous Pulpit of Sant' Andrea by Giovanni Pisano. The church probably dates from as early as the 8th century, though in a smaller size. In the 12th century it was extended in length. The façade shows the typical bichrome marble decoration of the Pistoiese Romanesque style, executed in the mid-12th century by Gruamonte and his brother Adeodatus, who was also responsible for the sculptures and for the portal's architrave. The latter depicts the "Journey of the Magi", a rare theme whose use here derives from the fact that the church was located on the Via Francigena, by which, in the Middle Ages, the pilgrims reached Rome from France. The decorated capitals are by a Master Henry, while the small statue of St. Andrew in the lunette over the portal is reminiscent of Giovanni Pisano's style. In the late 15th century the upper façade was finished and the central nave was vaulted. The frescoes in the apse date to 1506, executed by Bernardino del Signoraccio. Today only the central part, with the Father supported by Four Angels, survives. The altars in the aisles were added in the 17th century, with paintings by artists such as Cristofano Allori, Alessio Gimignani, and Girolamo Scaglia.