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The Venetian Partigiana

Murer’s Partigiana on the concrete and copper cubes flush with the water, in front of the Riva dei Partigiani
Murer’s Partigiana on the concrete and copper cubes flush with the water, in front of the Riva dei Partigiani Photo: Maspez, Wikimedia Commons, CC0

On the water’s edge, in front of the Giardini, there is a woman of bronze who seems to sleep on the surface. She lies on her side, her face turned to the lagoon, her bound hands beside her face: she is the Partigiana, the monument Venice dedicates to the women of the Resistance.

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