Sunday, December 13, 2015

The Emperor's New Railing

Monument to Leopold II by Andrea Pelliccia, San Jacopo, Livorno
Pietro Leopoldo was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790 and then Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792. His monument, on the left of the church of San Jacopo in Acquaviva, is a work of the sculptor Andrea Pelliccia. It has now a new nice railing, decorated with a scooter.

See also: Caged Emperor - San Jacopo in Acquaviva - The Missing Bell Tower - San Jacopo
External links: Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (Wikipedia)
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12 comments:

  1. RevrunnerDecember 13, 2015 at 12:56 AM

    The scooter would be his, of course. :-)

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  2. RedPatDecember 13, 2015 at 2:19 AM

    Every emperor needs some transportation!

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  3. DinaDecember 13, 2015 at 9:16 AM

    There's no escaping for him now, with the new railing.

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  4. Luis GomezDecember 13, 2015 at 2:12 PM

    I find it kind of sad that he had to be caged. ;)

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  5. LowellDecember 13, 2015 at 3:40 PM

    I suppose if things got too rough, or he got too tired he could hop on that scooter and go to a Starbucks for a cuppa coffee!

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  6. MarleenDecember 13, 2015 at 4:21 PM

    Typical Italian decoration! :)

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  7. SharonDecember 13, 2015 at 4:58 PM

    He's looking pretty important standing back there.

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  8. cieldequimperDecember 13, 2015 at 6:33 PM

    Lol re the scooter decoration. The railing could be in Versailles. It looks really good!

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  9. EG CameraGirlDecember 14, 2015 at 7:19 PM

    Good to see it is being protected so well.

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  10. William KendallDecember 14, 2015 at 7:37 PM

    Impressive, and the railing doesn't detract from it.

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  11. AriannaDecember 16, 2015 at 6:49 PM

    Han fatto presto a parcheggiare lo scooter! Ciao, Arianna

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  12. Stefan JanssonDecember 18, 2015 at 10:34 PM

    He does have a nice scooter.

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