Giuseppe Verdi Monument
Giuseppe Verdi Monument | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 Verdi Monument in Verdi Square Park | |
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| Location | Verdi Square, New York City |
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| Coordinates | 40°46′45″N 73°58′54″W / 40.77917°N 73.98167°WCoordinates: 40°46′45″N 73°58′54″W / 40.77917°N 73.98167°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1906 |
| Architect | Pasquale Civiletti |
| NRHP reference No. | 90002223[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 4, 1990 |
The Giuseppe Verdi Monument is a sculpture in honor of composer Giuseppe Verdi located in Verdi Square Park (between West 72nd and West 73rd streets, between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway) in Manhattan, New York City.[2] The statue, by (1858–1952),[3] depicts Verdi flanked by four of his most popular characters: Falstaff (on the west side of the monument), Leonora of La forza del destino (south side), Aida (north side), and Otello (east side).
The monument was dedicated on Columbus Day, October 12, 1906, by the Verdi Monument Committee chaired by Carlo Barsotti (1850–1927), an Italian–American who hoped to inspire young Italian Americans. He was the founding editor of the Il Progresso Italo-Americano Italian-American newspaper, and used its pages to raise funds for this and several other memorials including the Columbus Circle monument, an 1888 monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi in Washington Square Park, a monument to Giovanni da Verrazzano (1909) and the 1921 monument to Dante Alighieri in Dante Park.[2]
A permanent maintenance endowment for the monument has been established by Bertolli USA.[4] The monument is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "Verdi Monument – Historical Sign". City of New York, Parks & Recreation. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
- ^ "Civiletti, Pasquale" by Carol Bradley in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol. 26 (1982) (in Italian)
- ^ "Verdi Square", City of New York, Parks & Recreation
External links[]
Media related to Monument to Giuseppe Verdi (New York City) at Wikimedia Commons- Photographs
- "The Verdi Monument", Daytonian in Manhattan, January 17, 2014
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