The 5 Days Square

The Five Days of Milan in 1848 led to the defeat of the Austrians and represented one of the noblest efforts of popular riot in the history of the Unification of Italy:

the local gate of the city was renamed Victory , just to commemorate the victory versus Radetzky and the Austrians. The monument commemorating the epic Days square was commissioned in 1881 and completed in 1894 by the sculptor Grandi. The 5 days are represented in an allegory of five women, dynamically positioned around the base from which an obelisk that rises to the sky with the names of the fallen etched in bronze. It 'a "realist allegory", and in this sense each figure is shaped. Monument to the Five Days is a specific sign of commitment, a way to remember that the values the Risorgimento would have to continue to be present as inspiration for the new unitary state. This is why the bell inscription was engraved meaning no doubt, "Quamvis motionless loquor": that is, "Even though I am now standing, I speak (do not forget the reasons of our history)," with aim of remember and warning