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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

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  • Buenos Aires - in the Botanic Gardens and Parque Lezama.This reproduction was donated by Vittorio Emanuele 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

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

Belgium

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Bolivia

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  • La Paz - on the Plaza Roma, Obrajes.

Brazil

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  • 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

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Chile

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  • 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

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  • Changchun - in school of history and culture, Northeast Normal University. The statue was given to the town by the Italian Economic Mission in Japan in 1938 when the city (then named Xinjing) was the capital of Manchukuo.[3] 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 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.[4][5][6]

Finland

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  • Kotka - in the Kauppakeskus Pasaati lobby

Guatemala

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Hungary

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  • Szarvas - in front of the Bolza castle.

Italy

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  • Rome - the original statue is in the Capitoline Museums and a copy on a pillar at the northern corner of Palazzo senatorio, and another in Piazza del Popolo.
  • 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

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

Libya

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

Moldova

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New Zealand

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Norway

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Romania

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Romanian Capitoline Wolf statues (Lupoaica):

  • Alba Iulia - Capitoline Wolf statue in a park
  • Blaj - Capitoline Wolf statue in the city center
  • Brad - Capitoline Wolf statue in the city center, near the Dacian Standard
Capitoline Wolf in Brad, Romania

Spain

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Capitoline Wolf statue in Mérida, Spain.

Sweden

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Switzerland

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

Tajikistan

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United Kingdom

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Also seen in Saltram House Plymouth (National Trust).

United States

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Central Italian/Roman Italian. From the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. 15th or 16th Century.
Capitoline Wolf donated to Montevideo in 1939.

Uruguay

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  • Siena, Italy
    Siena, Italy
  • Martigny, Switzerland
    Martigny, Switzerland
  • Chișinău, Moldavia
    Chișinău, Moldavia
  • Narbonne, France
    Narbonne, France
  • Paris, France
    Paris, France
  • Sourbrodt, Belgium
    Sourbrodt, Belgium
  • Mérida, Spain
    Mérida, Spain
  • Tarragona, Spain
    Tarragona, Spain
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Florida, Uruguay
    Florida, Uruguay
  • Montevideo, Uruguay
    Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Valparaiso, Chile
    Valparaiso, Chile
  • San Salvador, El Salvador
    San Salvador, El Salvador
  • Georgia, United States
    Georgia, United States
  • Cincinnati, United States
    Cincinnati, United States

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ Günther, Sven; Zhang, Hongxia (2023). "Mussolinis ‚Drittes Rom‘ in globaler Perspektive. Anmerkungen zu einer Kopie der Kapitolinischen Wölfin in Changchun, China" [Mussolini's 'Third Rome' in a global perspective. Notes on a copy of the Capitoline Wolf in Changchun, China]. Gymnasium 130, 6, pp. 547–562.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Fang You lang(房有良)'s《新京大同公园门前的铜制牝狼雕像》
  6. ^ 《长春市志》
  7. ^ "La pas prin București: Statuia Lupoaicei" (in Romanian). Agerpres. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  8. ^ "She-Wolf from the Capitoline". blantonmuseum.org. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Floyd County". Calhoun Times. 1 September 2004. p. 55. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  10. ^ "The Capitoline Wolf Suckling Romulus and Remus". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

See also

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