Monument of the Four Moors

Most horrible monument I’ve seen in my life.

Terrible monument. It made me cry. I can understand that it made sense at the time for the artist, as found in Wikipedia, it was made to celebrate the win of Ferdinand I of Tuscany over the Ottomans. ...

Statue to Ferdinand de Medici

This is really a statue in honor of Ferdinand de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, who founded Livorno as the main port for the duchy of Tuscany. To entice people to move and set up business in Livorno t...

very interesting..

A statue, is a statue, Take it or leave it for what they represent, and its up to each individual to form their own opinion, and make a judgement. History , is history, it cant be changed. What has ha...

historical statue at port of Livorno

Only was able to see this monument from the tour bus....but our guide told us of it's significance to Livorno history.

I'm Black! It's not Offensive

I lived in Livorno from 2007 to 2012. Initially, my ex would avoid this statue, fearing that I'd be offended. Nonetheless, during a walk, I found it. All of my life, I was perplexed about stories of t...