Lupa Capitolina, from the Capitoline Museums in Rome, Italy
Capitoline Wolf in Segovia, Spain
Capitoline Wolf in Lidingö, Sweden

The Capitoline Wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus is a symbol of Rome, Italy. Copies of the statues have been donated by Italy to various places around the world.[1]

Below is a list of replicas of the Capitoline Wolf statue in different places of the world:

Argentina

  • Buenos Aires - in the Botanic Gardens and Parque Lezama.This reproduction was donated by Vittorio Emmanuelle III, King of Italy (1869-1947) to the Ambassador of the Argentine Republic, Dr. Roque Sáenz Peña, on the occasion of the Centenary of the May Revolution, in 1910.
  • Bariloche
  • Mendoza - in the Plaza de Italia
  • San Martín, Mendoza - in the Plaza Italia
  • Mar de Plata

Australia

  • Perth - in the lobby of the WA Italian Club, on Fitzgerald Street.

Belgium

Bolivia

  • La Paz - on the Plaza Roma, Obrajes.

Brazil

  • Brasília - in front of the "Palácio do Buriti", the seat of the government of the Federal District, donated by the mayor of Rome at the time of the foundation of Brasília

Canada

Chile

  • Talca - in Plaza Italia (on the crossing of Calle 11 Oriente and Calle 2 Sur), 1942. Stolen in 2010,[2] replaced with a replica by 2013.
  • Valparaiso - in Parque Italia, 1936-1937.
  • Santiago

China

  • Changchun - in school of history and culture, Northeast Normal University,given to the Changchun children's park by Mussolini in 1938 when the city(then named Xinjing) was the capital of Manchukuo.On April 27, 1952, Zhu Huan was passing through the "Datong Park" in Changchun City and found that the stone seat of the female wolf statue was in ruins. This was a gift from the Italian fascist government as a national gift to Xinjing City in Manchukuo during the Manchukuo period . He found the bronze female wolf statue nearby and escorted the female wolf statue to the office building of the History Department of Northeastern University on Liberty Avenue.[3][4][5]

France

Guatemala

Hungary

  • Szarvas - in front of the Bolza castle.

Italy

  • Rome - the original statue is in the Capitoline Museums and a copy on a pillar at the northern corner of Palazzo senatorio
  • Pisa - on the Piazza dei Miracoli
  • Siena - several sites in the city, including the Duomo
  • Aquileia - in the Piazza Capitolio, next to the basilica
  • Piacenza - at the beginning of via Emilia
  • Reggio Emilia - in the Piazza del Popolo
  • Massa Lombarda - inserted into a monument to the fallen of all wars at the entrance of the town cemetery
  • Verona - inserted into a monument to the fallen of all wars in the old town walls

Japan

Capitoline she-wolf in Hibiya Park, Tokyo
Capitoline she-wolf at Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo.

Libya

Capitoline Wolf in Benghazi, Libya, 1941.
  • Benghazi - Benghazi Corniche Columns, or Romulus Benghazi.

Moldova

New Zealand

Norway

Romania

Romanian Capitoline Wolf statues (Lupoaica):

Capitoline Wolf in Brad, Romania

Spain

Capitoline Wolf statue in Mérida, Spain.

Sweden

Switzerland

  • Fribourg - In front of the Miséricorde Building of the University of Fribourg

Tajikistan

  • Shahriston - There is a Capitoline Wolf statue near Istaravšan, Soghd, which memorializes a wolf drawing found in the region.

United Kingdom

  • Wells, Somerset - beside the A39 a little north of the city. Sculpted by an Italian prisoner-of-war in World War II.

Also seen in Saltram House Plymouth (National Trust).

United States

Central Italian/Roman Italian. From the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. 15th or 16th Century.

Uruguay

References

  1. 1 2 3 Laskow, Sarah (16 October 2015). "Neither Rome, GA, Nor Rome, NY, Could Handle a Statue with Wolf Teats". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Estatua donada por Benito Mussolini fue robada en Talca". cooperativa.cl. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. ↑ 谷迪 (2017-12-11). "古罗马牝狼雕像与长春之缘". 长春晚报. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15.
  4. ↑ Fang You lang(房有良)'s《新京大同公园门前的铜制牝狼雕像》
  5. ↑ 《长春市志》
  6. ↑ "LA PAS PRIN BUCUREȘTI: Statuia Lupoaicei" (in Romanian). Agerpres. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Floyd County". Calhoun Times. 1 September 2004. p. 55. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "The Capitoline Wolf Suckling Romulus and Remus". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

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