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Title Proper/Title Text
Torino - Espos. 1911 - Ponte Monumentale 9026

Related Protagonists

• Sassi, Francesco
• Contratti, Luigi

Date of Publication/Creation Date
1911 ca. (dated July 22, 1911 on the verso)

Numbering/Creation Numbers
9026

Inscription Language
English (Language), Italian (Language)

Related Built Environment Objects

• Court of Honor and access to the Water Castle
• Monumental Bridge
• Monumental Waterfall

Descriptive Note Text

This black-and-white photo postcard shows the Monumental Bridge with the stairway leading up to the Water Castle (also called Monumental Fountain or Monumental Waterfall).  Set at the heart of the Exposition, this monumental complex attracted crowds of fairgoers, as this image attests. The Water Castle was reminiscent of Victor Emmanuel II National Monument, also known as the Vittoriano or Altare della Patria. Here one can see the Water Castle's two towers, which were 80 meters high and in the middle of the structure one can see the impressive statue, placed in a large niche, symbolizing the homeland, executed as a real-scale model by sculptor Luigi Contratti.

In the foreground, one can see the tall pillars with Francesco Sassi's Winged Victories.

Current Repository/Geographic Location
Cristina Della Coletta Private Collection (San Diego, USA)

Current Repository Numbers
CDC-PC-MOBR-0012