[Unveiled 1878] 1805-1872
b. Genoa, Italy • d. Pisa, Italy Sculptor: Giovanni Turini 1841-1899 • Italy
Gift of Italian-Americans
Overlooking the Sheep Meadow in Central Park
on a high pedestal rests the bronze bust of Giuseppe
Mazzini, the Italian patriot and revolutionary
who achieved great notoriety for his significant
role in the 1861 unification of Italy known as
the Risorgimento.
On one side of the pedestal the words
“Pensiero Ed Azione” are inscribed which stand
for “thought and action,” the name of the
newspaper he founded in London 1858.
Imprisoned and periodically forced into exile
throughout his life for his relentless
propagandistic ideals, Mazzini’s influence
on the Italian liberal movement was immeasurable.
