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The Janiculum memorial depicts the legendary wife of the Italian revolutionary on horseback holding a gun and waving a gun.
The Janiculum, or Gianicolo in Italian, is a wooded park that provides spectacular views over the city of Rome. It is also a monumental park planned around the theme of the short-lived Roman Republic of 1849, which fought for its survival against the French army on the fringes of the Janiculum. The 228 busts distributed along the park’s paths and avenues commemorate the freedom fighters of the Risorgimento—both native Italian and foreign-born—who fought and died for the unification of Italy.
