Monument of the Four Moors

The Monument of the Four Moors (Italian: Monumento dei Quattro mori) is located in Livorno, Italy. It was completed in 1626 to commemorate the victories of Ferdinand I of Tuscany over the Ottomans.^[1]

It is the most famous monument of Livorno and is located in Piazza Micheli.^[2] Created by Pietro Tacca, the monument takes its name from the four bronze statues of "Moorish" slaves that are found at the base of an earlier work consisting of the statue of Ferdinando I and its monumental pedestal.^[2]

^ David Bindman; Henry Louis Gates; Karen C. C. Dalton (2010). The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition : artists of the Renaissance and Baroque. Harvard University Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-674-05261-1.
^ ^a ^b Touring Club of Italy (2005). Authentic Tuscany. Touring Editore. p. 52. ISBN 978-88-365-3297-1.

[BindmanGates2010-1] David Bindman; Henry Louis Gates; Karen C. C. Dalton (2010). The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition : artists of the Renaissance and Baroque. Harvard University Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-674-05261-1.

[Italy2005-2] Touring Club of Italy (2005). Authentic Tuscany. Touring Editore. p. 52. ISBN 978-88-365-3297-1.

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Monument of the Four Moors

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