Giuseppe Molfino's monument

Just entered the garden of the old Civic hospital in Rapallo (Piazza Molfino), this marble statue of Giuseppe Molfino can be admired. Molfino was a benefactor of the hospital. In fact, on the pedestal we can read the following Italian inscription: "ALL'INCLITO DISCEPOLO DI SCARPA / AL SOMMO OSTETRICO / DEL GENOVESE ATENEO / MOLFINO PROF. GIUSEPPE FU PAOLO / MORTO A GENOVA NEL 1848 / CHE A MONUMENTO IMPERITURO / DI SUA PREDILEZIONE A RAPALLO / OVE EBBE I NATALI / E A SOLLIEVO DELL'UMANITA' SOFFERENTE / LEGO' OGNI SUO AVERE / A QUESTO PIO ISTITUTO / I PATRONI NEL 1866". The statue is currently (2010) lacking the nose.

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


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