Marble tombstone, dedicated to the Fallen of the first world war, adorned with bronze crowns of laurel in the upper part and vegetable elements in the lateral part. At the centre you can see the inscription, in the upper part the bronze emblem of Town.
Gallery:
Details:
- “Il Popolo Toscano”, IX, 255, giovedì 8 Novembre 1928, seconda edizione.
- SALVAGNINI GIGI, La scultura nei monumenti ai Caduti della prima guerra mondiale in Toscana, Firenze, Tip. Il Bandino, 1999, p. 70.
Under the plaque that Camporgiano dedicated to the fallen of the Great War there is also another small tombstone that was placed post earthquake, when the gravestone of the first war, damaged, was reconstructed. The inscription appears on the small plaque. This simple but sacred memory overwhelmed with the rubble of the building by the enormous earthquake of 7th September 1920, Camporgiano, devoted to his children, resurrected. XX IX MCMXXI.
The work has been realized by the sculptor Fausto Mancini, author of many monuments and tombstones dedicated to the Fallen present in the area of Garfagnana. Amongst his works, we underline also the tombstone for the Fallen, erected on the tower bell of the church of Careggine.
He work was commissioned by a village committee.
Inaugurated on 18th July 1920, the plaque was subsequently destroyed by the earthquake on 7th September 1920, then reassembled on 20th September 1921.
to the sacred victims of duty
but
celebration and praise
animators of virile energies
Camporgiano
reverent and proud
his children for duty and civilization
in the war 1915-1918 they sacrificed
themselves remember
Serg Mazzei Armando
Soldato Casini Arturo
Comparini Adolfo
Lucarini Silvio
Pellegrinetti Guido
Santarini Nicola
Soletti Augusto
Tonini Giuseppe
Valentini Osmondo
Camporgiano 18 luglio 1920
Mancini Fausto
