Francesco Overini Monument

Venice, Italy

1905 Arctic Expedition

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FRANCESCO OVERINI

DALLA PIU' ARDITA SPEDIZIONE AL POLO ARTICO

ATTESO INVANO AL RITORNO

LVIGI DI SAVOIA, DVCA DEGLI ABRUZZI

CHE L' AVDACE IMPRESA LIETA DI NVOVI TRIONFI

IDEO' E CON ALTRI COMPI'

VENEZIA

CVI E' VANTO E DOLORE IL SACRIFICIO DI TANTO FIGLIO

MCMV 

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which translates into:  TO FRANCESCO OVERINI WHO NEVER CAME BACK FROM THE MOST COURAGEOUS EXPEDITION TO THE ARCTIC. LUIGI DI SAVOIA, DUKE OF ABRUZZI, WHO THE AUDACIOUS ACHIEVEMENT LEADING TO NEW TRIUMPHS PLANNED AND UNDERTOOK AND VENICE, PROUD AND SORROWFUL FOR THE SACRIFICE OF SUCH A SON 1905

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Hence the monument being dedicated to Overini by The Duke Of Abruzzi and Venice (the city where Overini was from) with such bombastic -- yet typical turn-of-the-century -- language.

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Translation by:
Guido Mascagni, PhD
University of Bologna
Italy

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