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The ghost of the Garibaldino

The bronze garibaldino on the back of the rock: rifle slung, on guard behind Garibaldi
The bronze garibaldino on the back of the rock: rifle slung, on guard behind Garibaldi Photo: Clara Polo Sabatí, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Everyone looks at the monument to Garibaldi from the front. Few walk round the pond to discover that, hidden on the back of the rock, there is a second figure: a young garibaldino (one of Garibaldi’s volunteers) in bronze, rifle slung over his shoulder, standing guard behind the general. The Venetians have given him a name — Bepi Zolli — and one of the city’s finest legends.

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