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The Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans paid a security firm to prepare plans to protect statues of Christopher Columbus removed from Grant and Arrigo parks two years ago amid protests.
In August, the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans demanded that Columbus statues be returned to Grant and Arrigo parks by Columbus Day and protected at city expense. It didn’t happen ...
A third element the Italian garden does exceptionally well is ornamentation. These are the urns, statues, stone troughs and other focal points that function like decorations in a room.
The long-lost statue by Italian sculptor Antonio Canova depicts Mary Magdalene in “a state of ecstasy.”Christie's A marble statue that sat in a garden for decades was identified as a long-lost ...
Italian American group launches new push to revive Chicago Columbus statues 02:11. Back in 2020, then-Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot had three statues of Christopher Columbus removed in Chicago.
Through decades of hardship, the statues, parades and days honoring Cristopher Columbus became outlets for Italian American pride. The Columbus Dispatch Story by Basil M. Russo ...
LUNCH AT TERRACE GARDEN Tributes to Carlo Barsotti, Who Started Movements for Statues to Italian Heroes Here. Share full article. June 3, 1907.
Dozens of beautifully preserved, 2,000-year-old bronze statues were found in what Italian authorities are calling an "exceptional" discovery from a sacred thermal spring that will “rewrite ...