Word: passagno
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...Italy, and find the statue of George Washington which was modeled by Antonio Canova. This Canova was born on Nov. 1, 1757, at Passagno, an obscure village situated amid the recesses of the hills of Asolo, where these form the last undulations of the Venetian Alps as they subside into the plains of Treviso. He was the son of a long line of makers of local gravestones, but rose to fame and munificence as one of those who instituted the classical revival of Italian Art. He made statues of Palamedes, of Napoleon, of Hebe, of Hercules and also of George...
Repairing to Italy, Representative Everett visited Venice, city of gondolas. There?who knows whether by good or evil chance??a whisperer leaned to the legislator's ear, murmuring: "Visit Passagno. There you will find a much finer statue of Washington than the one which you seek...
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