The statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni

There aren't a lot of statues in Venice to commemorate great men of the past, but there is one for Bartolomeo Colleoni.

A huge equestrian statue of Colleoni dominates the Campo SS Giovanni e Paolo in central Venice.  The statue is smack in the middle of the square in front of one of the most important churches of the city, and one of the Scuole Grandi, the most important charities of the Serenissima.

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Why are there so few statues in Venice?

Some of the hardest things to see are those which are absent. Yet, an absence can be just as significant as a presence. One such absence in Venice is the scarcity of statues to commemorate the great men of the Serenissima.

There are indeed very few statues in Venice, at least statues meant to celebrate the important persons of Venice.

From the time of the Republic of Venice there is only one (1) such statue in the city, that for Bartolomeo Colleoni in Campo SS Giovanni e Paolo, erected in 1496.

In over a thousand years, the Venetian Republic didn't commemorate anybody else with a monument in the city.

Absurdly, Colleoni wasn't even born Venetian.

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Why are there so few statues in Venice?

The Venetians didn’t do statues of great men in public spaces. In over a millennium only one such statue was erected in Venice.

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https://historywalksvenice.com/2023/05/why-are-there-so-few-statues-in-venice/

The statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni

There aren’t a lot of statues in Venice to commemorate great men of the past, but there is one for Bartolomeo Colleoni, who wasn’t even Venetian.

#HistoricalEvents #MonumentsGreatAndSmall #Venetians #DominioDiTerra #EquestrianStatue #Monuments #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice

https://historywalksvenice.com/2023/05/the-statue-of-bartolomeo-colleoni/