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Il Genio della Stirpe Statue

Il Genio della Stirpe Statue

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Il Genio della Stirpe Statue

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Location: Sarzana, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy

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1. Pieve di Sant'Andrea – Piazza Matteotti, Sarzana loop from Luni Mare

28.1km

07:27

270m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta – Castello di San Martino loop from Sarzana

9.06km

02:22

70m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Piazza Matteotti, Sarzana – Castello di San Martino loop from Sarzana

2.28km

00:36

20m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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der puma

July 26, 2022

The statue shows a fighter with the hero Garibaldi depicted on his shield

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Luca

September 14, 2023

The title of the work is "The Genius of the Stirpe", created by Carlo Fontana between 1907 and 1914 in Carrara marble

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Willem VS

May 10, 2024

The Genius of Descent, by Carlo Fontana, located on the south side of Piazza Garibaldi. Wrongly known as the Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi, Fontana's monument, designed in 1907 and completed in 1914, is actually intended to symbolize the future of the Italian people with the protection of Garibaldi, a key figure and one of the most important figures of the Risorgimento and the unification of Italy. The statue, which depicts a giant with a shield bearing the profile of the Man of the Two Worlds, was carved from a single block of white Carrara marble which, after construction in the quarries, was transported to Sarzana with a large number of oxen and was placed on the base with special equipment.

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Stenio Melani

September 10, 2025

The Genius of the Race is a white Carrara marble sculpture, one of the largest statues in existence, standing approximately six meters tall. It was designed by Carlo Fontana of Carrara, who was commissioned to design it in 1907 and completed it in 1914. Its transportation from Carrara to Sarzana required numerous pairs of oxen and was one of the most complicated ever undertaken.
The sculpture was intended to be dedicated to Giuseppe Garibaldi, but Fontana decided against creating a figure of the Hero of Two Worlds, which by then was found on monuments throughout Italy. Instead, he decided to depict a young, muscular giant with one arm resting on an enormous shield featuring the profile of Garibaldi, a symbol of the Italian people facing a future defended by the cult of their popular hero.
The statue rests on a four-by-two-meter monolith from the Gioia quarry, which, however, was left unworked and unworked.

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Il Genio della Stirpe Statue

1. Pieve di Sant'Andrea – Piazza Matteotti, Sarzana loop from Luni Mare

2. Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta – Castello di San Martino loop from Sarzana

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