Livorno Daily Photo: Marco Alessandro del Borro

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The Arezzo-born Marco Alessandro del Borro was a quite popular governor of Livorno from 1678 to 1701. He promoted the expansion of the Venezia Nuova quarter, whose main street is named after him: “Via Borra”. His funerary monument inside the Cathedral was realized by the sculptor Giovan Battista Foggini, but it was badly damaged by the WWII air raids.

See also : Duomo di Livorno - Around the Duomo - Via Cairoli - After the Snow - Fontana del Duomo - Inside the Cathedral - Most Blessed Sacrament Chapel

Luis Gomez said...: What a beauty VP. Beautiful, thank you.; January 8, 2013 at 12:02 AM
Anonymous said...: A fine piece of art indeed.

Please have a good Tuesday.; January 8, 2013 at 12:47 AM
Jack said...: It is beautiful. I can't see the damage in this part of the monument.; January 8, 2013 at 3:05 AM
Randy said...: Beautiful artwork.; January 8, 2013 at 3:54 AM
Traveling Hawk said...: An interesting piece of history.; January 8, 2013 at 8:06 AM
cieldequimper said...: It is magnificent.; January 8, 2013 at 8:24 AM
Dina said...: The man sitting on the slab has such an interesting vision.; January 8, 2013 at 12:14 PM
Unknown said...: Fantastic! Shame on WWII and any other war.; January 8, 2013 at 12:25 PM
Halcyon said...: The first thing that comes to my mind is that Christmas song... Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains.
Nice one! :); January 8, 2013 at 1:17 PM
Cezar and Léia said...: Wonderful art and I'm always enchanted by angels representation!
Léia; January 8, 2013 at 1:49 PM