Raffaele Paolucci's statue is situated in the centre of Orsogna (Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini), the village of Abruzzo from where his family came from. He was a pioneer of the pulmonary lobectomy in Italy.1
Paolucci's statue in Orsogna
It was made by Nicola D’Antino in 1967, and was inaugurated on the 25th of may of the same year.
This bronze statue represents him upright in uniform, with a hat in the left hand.
On the marble base there is the dedication by the city of Orsogna:
“ORSOGNA / A / RAFFAELE PAOLUCCI / DI VALMAGGIORE"
and also a plaque of the A.N.M.I. (National Association Italian Sailors).
- Photos and main text by Jacopo Capparelli moc.liamtoh|7991onipocaj#| and Salvatore De Pasquale moc.liamg|99elauqsaped.erotavlas#| (January 2018)
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Bibliography
- Fernando Galluppi, Medici illustri d'Abruzzo. Dall'unità d'Italia all'età attuale, Edizioni Noubs, San Giovanni Teatino 2011, pp. 185-205
- Raffaele Paolucci, E. Tosatti, "Cancro del polmone diffuso alle coste", from La chirurgia toracica, anno II, fasc. I, febbraio 1949; Tipografia P.U.G., Roma 1949