Giuseppe Mazzini, 19th-century Italian nationalist statue in Central Park, United States.
The Giuseppe Mazzini is an outdoor bronze bust by Giovanni Turini, set on a granite pedestal in Central Park's Sheep Meadow in Manhattan. The pedestal carries two inscriptions, rendered as "thought and action" and "God and the people".
The bust was commissioned by a group of Italian-Americans and dedicated in 1878, when the American poet William Cullen Bryant gave a speech at the ceremony. It was made by the sculptor Giovanni Turini. In 1994 the Central Park Conservancy restored the bronze.
The bust was paid for by a group of Italian-Americans and unveiled in 1878, when the poet William Cullen Bryant gave the dedication speech. Its granite pedestal carries two mottoes, rendered in English as "thought and action" and "God and the people".
The bust stands on a granite pedestal in Sheep Meadow, the large lawn in Central Park's southern section, near the park's west side. It is an outdoor sculpture reached on foot along the park's paths; the meadow itself is a lawn where visitors sit and walk.
The granite pedestal carries two Italian inscriptions, "Pensiero ed Azione" and "Dio e il Popolo", rendered in English as "thought and action" and "God and the people". The bust was commissioned by a group of Italian-Americans and dedicated in 1878 with a speech by the American poet William Cullen Bryant.
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