Giovanni Da Vigo's monument

Just in front of the old Civic hospital in Rapallo (Piazza Molfino), this marble statue of Giovanni da Vigo can be admired. It is a work by sculptor Carlo Rubatto and was unveiled in 1846. It was initially placed on top of a fountain in Piazza Venezia, then on the seafront and finally in its current position1. On the basament of the statue we can read the following Italian inscription: "GIOVANNI DA VIGO / CHIRURGO E SCRITTORE [surgeon and writer] / 1450 - 1525".

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  • Photos by Luca Borghi ti.supmacinu|ihgrob.l#| (August 2010)

Bibliography

- Davide Giordano, "Per la inaugurazione di un monumento a Giovanni da Vigo in Rapallo nel IV centenario della sua morte", in Scritti e discorsi pertinenti alla storia della medicina e ad argomenti diversi. Con 91 illustrazioni nel testo, Edizioni della Rivista di Terapia Moderna e di Medicina pratica, Milano 1930, pp. 217-228



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