"ME Region of the Ato Monument to the Fallen of the Masotto Battery The bronze monument is dedicated to the soldiers who, under the command of Captain Umberto Masotto (former student of the Military College đi Milan, today Teulié Military School), were killed in the battle of Adua on March 1, 1896. The two mountain batteries (3°C4°) sent to Eritrea on 16 December 1895, commanded respectively by Eduardo Bianchi. Umber to Masotto, they were called "Sicilian" because they formed mainly Sicilian soldiers. All the officers of the 4th Battalion (Masotto, Saja, Castelli, Schilardi) died valiantly on the Adua field and significant that 55 medals were awarded to the military value, 1 gold, 12 silver and 42 đi bronze Star, 2009). The task of erecting a monument to celebrate the fallen was entrusted to the sculptor Salvatore Buemi (Novara of Sicily 1867 . Bellosguardo 1916). The statuary group, fused in bronze and executed to a slightly smaller size than the real one, synthesizes with elficce realism the unfortunate outcome of the battle. The event, represented in its immediateness, in the dynamic image of the last soldier still standing who courageously defends the cannon with the bayonet. The scene reflects the stories of the survivors reported from the chronicles of time (Gazetta di Messina, March 24-25, 1896) and emotionally translates the desperate resistance of the heroic group obedient to the tragic order of General Matteo Albertoni: - The Sicilian Batteries remain in place, shoot until the last shot, Salvatore Buemi is one of the many sculptors supported by the Messianic municipality, perfecting his studies in Rome, where he adheres to the current of realism (L. L. Buemi). Paladino, 1997). In the capital the artist perhaps had a chance to see the monument đi Hercules Rosa (1846-1893) dedicated to the Cairoli brothers (1872). From the famous Roman work, arranged at the Pincio, the Buemi is one of more than one inspiration for the realization of the Masotto battery: the pyramidic setting of the characters, the typology of poses, real-estate details of clothing. 日 Statuary group, exhibited in plaster at the National Exhibition of Turin in 1898 and merged into the Royal Foundry of the same city, was placed on a high marble base with bronze plates at the sides showing 1 names of all the fallen. The monument -before its present location · adorned the central avenue of the Garden at Mare Principe Umberto (fig. 1), was solemnly inaugurated on 20 September 1899 by the Duke of Aosta (fig. 2). The two 75mm bronze mountain guns., years of fusion 1890 - 1891, placed on the sides of the base, were recovered by Italian soldiers in Addis Ababa after the Second African War (1935-36). Recently they have been the subject of a restoration operation by specialized masters of the 24th Regiment "Peloritani" Earth Artillery, coordinated by the Col. to Joseph Bongiov years. In accordance with the Commission's proposal,"

仲田露武

"It's a memorial dedicated to the fallen of the Battle of Adwa. It stands almost at the center of the "Promenade by the Sea," where you can relax, stroll, and let the children play. From here, you can also peacefully admire the cruise ships and other vessels leaving the port of Messina. A marvelous view!"

Loredana Gasbarro

"The monument, the work of the Sicilian sculptor Salvatore Buemi, is located in Viale Libertà, along the seaside promenade and near the Bios Fountain. Built at the end of the 19th century, it commemorates the Sicilians who fell in the battle of Adua on 1 March 1896 against the Abyssinians, commissioned by the Sicilian Crispi in a vain attempt to conquer Ethiopia. On a marble base is placed the bronze sculpture consisting of three soldiers, one of whom is now dead; the second is wounded: he is leaning next to the cannon, but has the gun in his hand; the third is not wounded: with his left hand he supports the head of the wounded soldier, while in the other hand he holds the rifle and assumes a threatening attitude towards the enemy. On the sides of the monument are two bronze plaques with the names of the soldiers of the Masotto and Bianchini Battery, as well as some cannons with original pieces of the time."

Frank Benson