Quattro Mori

Name: Quattro Mori
Address: Piazza Micheli Giuseppe, 18, 57123 Livorno LI, Italy, Livorno, Italia

4.4/5 ★ based on 8 reviews

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Address :	Piazza Micheli Giuseppe, 18, 57123 Livorno LI, Italy
Categories :	Tourist attraction , Monument , Historical landmark ,
City :	Livorno
Description :	Landmark marble & bronze statue commemorating Ferdinand I's victories over the Ottomans.

Piazza Micheli Giuseppe, 18, 57123 Livorno LI, Italy

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D	David Riddell on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I mean, I completely get the fact that you should view art in the context in which it was created. But this is genuinely the most racist thing I have ever seen, and the first to make me doubt the general principle. The problem is not the theme (fairly standard battle victory monument) but the execution. Chained men of colour in black marble with exaggerated facial features and shrunken phalluses holding aloft the noble European, resplendent in white marble. I can't believe I am going to say this about a piece of art - I never thought I would - but I don't think the world would be that much worse off if this did not exist.
T	Tom Tackman on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Difficult giving stars for this one. I was quite baffled by it when I saw it the first time. Didn't think much about until I visited Sardinia last year and tought: hey, wait a minute! Their flag and this monument had something in common. Sure enough, read some history (googled it) and I can say I understand it more now, put in right context.
M	Marga Roffel on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Nice statue, gives insight in how the world once was and was a good opportunity to explain to the kids that there was a time we were unfortunately not al seen as equals.
a	andrej fogas on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Very interesting port . Nice to view . You can see big boats .
S	Sybilla Bakzaza on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Is astounding but not surprising that the Italians maintain such a symbol of racism so proudly. This statue is a perfect example of why Italy is a backwards nation with a rampant history of brutality against minorities.
a	alanv8100 on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Stunning area with lots of history ,with waterways you can travel on
L	Linda Nolan on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Important but problematic monument from the 16th-early 17th centuries. The monument it not in its original location or configuration, but is is extraordinary for the four bronze sculptures by Tacca representing the "types" of people who were enslaved to work on the Medici ships and port of Livorno. I say "types" w scare quotes bc some think two of the figures, atleast, are portraits of real people. That can owed to Tacca's attention to the people as human rather than stereotypes. For the time period it was much more common to show enslaved people as ignorant and without humanity. Not here. I could go on, but won't. I recommend looking up the history of the monument. Lots online in past few years as the monument was the site of BLM gatherings in Livorno. We are so lucky the over life size bronze sculptures were not destroyed (melted down) for their material in the 19th century! Two other parts (fountains) of the monument are found one piazza over. There is also a nice cafe just across street from monument where you can sit outside and contemplate the view.
G	Gabriela Karabinosova on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This monument is looking horrifying at the first glance. You can see slaves, but it is not "celebrating slavery". I recomend to read information which are from the side of the monument. I forgot to take a picture of it. From the artistic side, it is a masterpiece and you can really see and feel suffering of the enslaved prisoners. "It celebrates the victories of the Grand Duke Ferdinando I de 'Medici and the Order of the Knights of Santo Stefano over the Moori pirates who raided the Tuscan coasts." "He enacted an edict of tolerance for Jews and heretics and Livorno became a haven for Spanish Jews as well as other persecuted foreigners."