(ANSA) – PADUA, 01 FEB – Green light in the night in the city council in Padua, to the motion promoted by two majority councilors, Margherita Colonnello and Simone Pillitteri, who asked for the construction of a statue of Elena Cornaro Piscopia in Prato della Valle, town square where today there are only male statues. The center-left voted in favor as well as the 5-star movement, while the center-right abstained.
The statue of a woman will be there, now it remains to be seen whether the debate will lead to the realization of the work on the Memmia island of Prato della Valle – in the two rings of which, external and internal, are placed the statues of 78 illustrious men of the history of Padua. – or if you decide to place it in another part of the square. “The request will be handled by an office that must be indicated by the cabinet or the culture sector – explains Margherita Colonnello – generally it is the cabinet for monumentality. I don’t think we will touch the empty stalls but an important possibility opens up in Prato della Valle”. The request of the councilors aimed at the realization of the statue in one of the two empty stalls in which two doges of the Serenissima were represented, taken from the city by the Napoleonic army. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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