Sculpture, La Prioria, Vittoriale degli italiani

Sculpture at the rear of La Prioria, home of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, his estate and museums at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The house was originally the Villa Cargnacco, which was rebuilt by Gian Carlo Maroni from 1922 and developed until 1955. In the background is the Regia Nave Puglia, a warship, set into the Mastio hill, a gift from Admiral Thaon di Revel in 1923. Inside the ship is the Onboard Museum, opened 2002, with models of warships belonging to Duke Amedeo d'Aosta. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13442509

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45173840

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7087px x 4724px (10.5MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen