Monument to Gian Domenico Romagnosi

Standing amidst a colourful flowerbed is the statue erected to the memory of Gian Domenico Romagnosi, the philosopher, magistrate and patriot born in Salsomaggiore in 1761, who dedicated his life to “using his insight for the new regime of Government”. The monument, inaugurated in 1874, was begun by the Salsomaggiore-born sculptor Cristoforo Marzaroli (1836-1871), who died before he was able to complete it. The work was subsequently completed by his friend and disciple, Guglielmo Cornish (1837-1910), who also created the bas relief on the back of the plinth, portraying Marzaroli lost in thought before the statue of Romagnosi.