Roman commander statue: A memorial to Pietro Leopoldo in Livorno's Piazza San

The Monument to Pietro Leopoldo is a marble statue in Livorno, located in Piazza San Jacopo in Acquaviva. It was sculpted by Domenico Andrea Pelliccia and is a memorial to Pietro Leopoldo. The statue depicts him as a Roman commander, wearing the cross of St. Stephen on his chest.

The statue was originally placed in a niche inside the lazzeretto of San Leopoldo in 1776, but was moved and remodeled several times over the years, before being reinstalled in its current location between the church of San Jacopo and the foresteria of the Accademia Navale in 1927.

In its current setting, the work is part of a large cement edicola. While the original niche is preserved, it was incorporated into a larger structure featuring pilasters and a crown decorated with coats of arms. One lion on the structure displays the heraldry of Lorena and Tuscany, while another bears the inscription 'FIDES' surrounded by the crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen.

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