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Lord Byron's Bench at Cascata delle Marmore

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Lord Byron's Bench at Cascata delle Marmore

Lord Byron's Bench at Cascata delle Marmore

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Location: Terni, Umbria, Italy

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  • Among the many visitors to the Marmore Falls, the figure of Lord Byron is unforgettable, to whom the square in front of the last jump was also dedicated: here, in fact, the English poet was struck by this waterfall "incomparable cataract, horribly beautiful". The sculpture created for Byron by the artist Peppe Di Giuli consists of a steel ingot bench on which, as if it had been elegantly thrown by Byron, stands the gilded bronze cloak with the book next to it on which it is engraved in Italian and in English the text dedicated by the poet to the Marmore Falls.
    “She advances
    Like an eternity to swallow
    Everything that comes across scares the eye
    Blissful, incomparable cataract
    Horribly beautiful.
    Whence this noise? It's from Velino
    Which falls plumb into the abyss
    From the alpine edge of the mountain
    Huge cataract and lightning
    As fast as…
    Foam in heaven
    It rises and falls in perpetual rain
    Inexhaustible cloud and sweet dew
    Which germinates around an evergreen
    May, a carpet of emeralds”.
    Lord Byron – 1816 (the year he, aged 28, visited the Cascade)

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    • December 14, 2019

  • I wasn't at the right time... the water is released at certain times.

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    • June 18, 2024

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Location: Terni, Umbria, Italy

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