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Monument to Italy's First Prime Minister Camillo Cavour (1810-61), in Piazza Cavour. Rome, Italy. November 25, 2022

The monument in the centre of Piazza Cavour is dedicated to Camillo Cavour, an Italian statesman and a leading figure in the movement toward Italian unification. Together with King Victor Emmanuel II, Garibaldi and Mazzini, Cavour helped to unite the previously fragmented states of Italy, Cavour is often said to be the brains behind unification. Created by the sculptor Stefano Galletti (1832-1905) between 1885 and 1895, thee monument was unveiled by King Umberto I.

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Uploaded on November 27, 2022
Taken on November 25, 2022