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The External Area the Exhibition a Permanent Exhibition Within The < LIBERTÀ VITTORIA TALVERA MUSEO PORTICI GRIES STREET SQUARE BRIDGE STREET STREET ERBE 1 MAZZINI SQUARE MUNICIPIO SQUARE SQUARE WALTHER 2 SQUARE 7 CATHEDRAL A PERMANENT THE 3 STREET EAST VENEZIA ITALIA STREET ITALIA EXHIBITION WITHIN THE EXHIBITION TALVERA RIVER SIDE < DRUSO RAILWAY MERANO STREET STATION 4 MONUMENT TO VICTORY 5 GUIDE THE "BZ '18–'45: one monument, one city, two dictatorships", WINTER OPENING HOURS (1st Oct – 31st March) TO ITION EXHIB is an exhibition opened to the public in July 2014. It illus- Tuesdays to Saturdays: 10.30 am – 12.30 pm & 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm trates the history of the Monument to Victory, erected by Sundays: 10.30 am – 12 noon & 3 pm – 5 pm the Fascist regime between 1926 and 1928. The work of (1st April – 30st Sept) Marcello Piacentini, it includes decorative features by the SUMMER OPENING HOURS Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays: most important Italian sculptors of the time. 11 am – 1 pm & 2 pm – 5 pm Italy's dictator Mussolini had wanted to dedicate the mon- Thursdays: 3 pm – 9 pm. Closed on Mondays ument to Cesare Battisti. However, after the opposition of th th st st Battisti’s widow, it was dedicated “to the victory of Italy”. Closed on Mondays, also 24 , 25 , 31 Dec, 1 Jan & Easter. The monument reflects and provides a link to local histori- GUIDED VISITS are available in English, Italian, German and French. hrs cal events during the twenty years of Fascism – il ventennio Booking is required with a min. 24 notice 6 – and the Nazi occupation, within the context of national (Mondays to Fridays from 9 am – 12 pm & 2 pm – 5 pm) 2 7 and international events in the years between the two World t +39 324 5810106 / +39 339 8656100 Wars (1918–1945). Opening hours may be subject to change. Entrance for people with disabilities on Corso Libertà WEST The exhibition also covers the radical urban transformations SIDE for the construction of a new “Italian” city of Bolzano and 3 For further information visit our websites: 4 the establishment of a major industrial zone, from the end www.monumenttovictory.com 5 of the 1920s. Both had the principal aim of attracting large www.monumentoallavittoria.com numbers of people from other parts of Italy. www.siegesdenkmal.com Finally, the exhibition confronts the difficult relationship [email protected] between the different language groups, caused by the over- bearing legacy of Fascism, within the evolving social and political framework of the second half of the twentieth cen- tury to the present day. SOUTERRAIN In 2012, after having remained closed to the public for dec- ades, it was decided to open the monument to the public. A joint decision was taken by the Italian Ministry for Cultural Affairs and Tourism, the Autonomous Province of Bolzano In collaboration with: and Bolzano City Council, to use the crypt and adjacent rooms to an exhibition dedicated to understanding recent history. Scholarly team: Andrea Di Michele, Hannes Obermair, Christine Roilo, Ugo Soragni, Silvia Spada • Scientific and Exhibition Consultant: Jeffrey T. Schnapp • Exhibition concept & design: Gruppe Gut Gestaltung MONUMENTTOVICTORY.COM Photos & Infographics: Archivio Provinciale del Alto Adige/A. Campaner, Gruppe Gut © 10/2014 PARK THE A PERMANENT EXTERNAL EXHIBITION WITHIN THE AREA MONUMENT TO VICTORY THE MONUMENT to Victory was inaugu- rated two years after the first stone was laid, on the anniversary of the death of Cesare Battisti, 12th July 1928. The architect of the monument, Marcello Piacentini (Rome 1881–1960), is one of the most important figures in Italian architecture from the first half of the twentieth century. Exterior 1 Exterior 4 3 Exterior 6 6 VICTORY THE ARCHER THE FABIO FILZI AND THE THREE MEDALLIONS On the east-facing entablature DAMIANO CHIESA HERMS The work of traditionalist sculptor above the architrave is winged vic- The Herms (the square pillars which Pietro Canonica, they represent tory with her bow and arrow, poised support the sculpted busts) are in Icarus studying the flight of eagles, to shoot. This bas-relief by Arturo memory of Fabio Filzi and Damiano Italy the victorious and Prometheus. Dazzi was inspired by the goddess Chiesa. Both were Italian patriots Nike, from Greek mythology. from Austro-Hungarian controlled Exterior 7 Trento. They became Italian soldiers, THE LICTORIAL COLUMNS Exterior 2 were captured by Austro-Hungarian AND THE CEILING INSCRIPTIONS ON THE military and condemned to death The Monument to Victory includes ENTABLATURE in 1916. fourteen columns in Fascist styling. The Latin inscriptions on the The Lictorial column is based on entablature mark the difference Exterior 5 Lictor’s Fasces, which had been the between the Latin world, bringer THE CESARE BATTISTI HERM symbol of power for Roman mag- 4 of civilization, and the “Barbarian” At the beginning of the Great War, istrates and which were adopted as world. Similar to those found in the the Trentino Autonomist Cesare the emblem of Mussolini’s “revolu- crypt, they are inspired by classical Battisti enlisted in the Italian army. tion”. The interior ceiling is plated in authors. He was captured by Austrian sol- bronze. diers and, as an Austro-Hungarian GUIDE Exterior 3 citizen, was hanged for High Treason THE th TO BITION THE ALTAR OF THE on 12 July 1916. This Herm, as EXHI RISEN CHRIST with those of Filzi and Chiesa, are Libero Andreotti’s bronze sculpture the work of Adolfo Wildt, one the 7 stands at the centre of the monu- foremost and most original sculptors ment. This altar commemorates the of his time linked to the twenti- military sacrifice and the rebirth of eth-century Italian group. the homeland, symbolized in the figure of the Risen Christ. The bas-relief at the rear is of winged victories. 1 + 2 5 MONUMENTTOVICTORY.COM THE EXHIBITION THE ENTRANCE THE INNER PERIMETER Room 1 "THE MONUMENT A MONUMENT IS BORN THE ATRIUM In the Summer of 1916, the Bohemian architect Karl Ernstberger de- Entering the crypt, there is an audio recreating signed a memorial to the many fallen from the 2nd Regiment of the the music, sounds and voices of the period which AND ITS HISTORY" Tiroler Kaiserjäger stationed in Bolzano, and deployed on several fronts during the First World War. An open space in Gries was chosen for this has been deliberately distorted. The walls are The inner perimeter presents the history of the monument, near the Talfer Bridge. marked with laurel wreaths and evocative words. 5 Victory Monument, starting with the demolition of 6 the pre-existing monument right up to the present 4 Room 2 THE CRYPT 7 day. There are reproductions of important images, 8 INTERRUPTIONS The crypt is adorned with frescoes by Guido 9 3 photographs and documents. Cadorin. On the right is the Guardian of the Construction of the Kaiserjäger memorial only began in 1917, a year be- Homeland, with the Guardian of History on CRYPT 2 fore the end of the war. It was left unfinished due to unfavourable end of the left. The Latin inscriptions on the walls are 10 the war for Austria and sourthern Tyrol’s annexation to the Kingdom of extracts from Cicero and Horace, over which 1 Italy in 1919. The construction was left abandoned for almost a decade. quotations from Hannah Arendt, Bertolt Brecht 11 INTRO and Thomas Paine are superimposed. DIDA ATRIUM Room 3 12 TOWARDS AN PROFOUNDLY “ITALIAN” WORK INTRODUCTION 13 THE EXHIBITION In early 1926, the dictator Benito Mussolini announced his desire to An 8 minute video introduces the internal route. construct a monument dedicated to Cesare Battisti and the Trentino THE OUTER PERIMETER “martyrs” which should stand “on the same foundations where a monu- TEACHING ment to German victory should have stood.” However Battisti’s widow The final room is dedicated to teaching and firmly opposed this and so the monument would instead be entitled “to instruction. It is possible to view the last video of PARK "HISTORY AND the Italian victory.” the visit in the original language. reGION" Room 4 THE (ALMOST) RATIONAL ARCH The path on the outer perimeter presents The architect Marcello Piacentini, from Rome, was awarded the project the main themes from the history of Bolzano to build the new Italian monument. Inspired by the classical triumphal 1918–1945, contextualized in broader national arch, he revised the structure and approached his work in a spirit of and international affairs. Each of these themes fervent nationalism. The monument was to be a symbol of conquest and is addressed through three in-depth points. victory and mark forever the new border. Room 5 Room 2 DEMOLITION AS CONSTRUCTION THE SHIFT OF SOVEREIGNTY The ceremony for laying first stone took place on 26th July 1926, the The catastrophe of the First World War had among its outcomes the re- tenth anniversary of the death of Battisti. Demolition work on the Kai- THE EXHIBITION design of the political map of Europe. The dissolution of Austro-Hungary, serjäger monument began in the spring of 1927, at the same time as the and the Italian victory, brought about the dismemberment of the Tyrol. foundations for the new monument were being dug. Ceded to Italy, the territory south of the Brenner and the Brenner Pass the FOUR itself were destined to become a symbol of victory. Room 6 FROM THE FIRST TO THE LAST STONE CORNer ROOMS Room 3 Once the demolition of the Kaiserjäger monument were complete in LIBERAL ITALY mid-1927, the construction work accelerated to a rapid pace. By the In the early years, the lands passed to Italy were governed by a liber- end of the year, Piacentini announced that the new monument was al- The four corner rooms contain an outline of the al ruling class, whose internal positions were markedly different.
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