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Antonio Stoppani Monument, Lecco

Visit duration
5–15 min
Booking
Not required
Area
Lecco Branch
Stoppani's statue on its tall stone pedestal between two olive trees, in front of the red-brick exedra; behind, the campanile of San Nicolò and the Resegone in the evening sun.Claloca · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Mike Peel · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Stoppani's statue on its tall stone pedestal between two olive trees, in front of the red-brick exedra; behind, the campanile of San Nicolò and the Resegone in the evening sun.

Claloca · CC BY-SA 4.0

Why go

The monument to Antonio Stoppani is a bronze statue on Lecco's lakefront, dedicated to the priest and geologist who wrote Il Bel Paese.

Michele Vedani made the figure, while Mino Fiocchi designed the base. Stoppani faces the lake with his right hand at his chin. The monument was unveiled on 25 September 1927, the same day as the monument to Mario Cermenati. It originally stood in the lakeside gardens; road widening led to its move to the present square in 1933. Behind it is an exedra, a semicircular space in red brick, with a fountain on each side.

  • The brick exedra behind the statue was once a public washhouse, entered from the back.
  • The statue first faced the Resegone, from the spot occupied by the monument to the Sailors of Italy.

Highlights

  • Michele Vedani's bronze statue (1927)
  • The red-brick exedra with its two fountains
  • The campanile of San Nicolò and the Resegone behind
  • The gilded statue of San Nicolò in the water opposite

Getting there

  • It stands on Piazza Antonio Stoppani, on the Lecco lakefront, a few minutes' walk north of the centre and the basilica of San Nicolò.
The red-brick exedra with the statue at its centre, its round pillars and, on the right, a fountain basin; on the left, the rocks above the city.Mike Peel · CC BY-SA 4.0

Accessibility

  • The monument is accessible to disabled visitors, with no architectural barriers.

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