Allegoria della Patria, War memorial in Lecco, Italy.
Allegoria della Patria is a granite stele on Lecco's lakeside, near the mouth of the Caldone stream. On the lake side stands a columnar female figure with folded wings and a grief-stricken face turned to the sky; the opposite side bears inscriptions of the main stages of the First World War fighting. A bronze high-relief band by the Fonderia Battaglia of Milan runs around the base.
The sculptor Giannino Castiglioni created this memorial and it was dedicated on November 4, 1926, to honor soldiers from the city who died in World War I. It emerged during a period when Italy was establishing monuments to commemorate its military losses.
The memorial features Italian inscriptions that honor fallen soldiers from the city, keeping their names alive for future generations. It serves as a gathering place where locals and visitors pause to remember those lost.
The memorial sits along Lungolario Isonzo next to Lake Como's shoreline in the center of Lecco. Visitors can easily reach it during a waterfront stroll and view the surrounding area comfortably.
Lecco locals call the winged female figure on the lake side 'la balia di pèss', a dialect nickname that has stuck to the stern allegory of the Fatherland. The bronze relief band around the base was cast in 1923 by the Fonderia artistica Battaglia of Milan, three years before the monument was inaugurated.
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