Monument to Marco Minghetti

Minghetti had served the Kingdom of Italy, at least twice as prime minister, and many years in congress, mainly allied with more conservative factions.

His early deliberations had mainly focused on the consolidation of the Italian peninsula into a nation, including the Papal States and Venice.

A commission led by the Marquis Antonio Starrabba of Rudinì, and including the sculptors Emilio Gallori and Ercole Rosa, and the architects Basile and Manfredi, sponsored a competition for the memorial.

The bronze statue of the standing Minghetti, with a book in hand, rises atop a high plinth.

At the base is an allegorical statue putatively representing Politics with a laurel crown and reading books.