Sources and credits

Historical and bibliographic sources

G. Membola, G. Sacrestano, 'Il Monumento Nazionale al Marinaio d'Italia', in Brindisi Virtual Tour (brindisiweb.it).

G. Amoruso, 'Il Monumento al Marinaio d'Italia a Brindisi. Geometria, disegno, progetto e realizzazione', Politecnico di Milano - Design Department.

G. Sacrestano, 'La cripta del Monumento al Marinaio: uno scrigno di memoria e di valori'.

'Architettura', journal of the National Fascist Union of Architects, issues 1932 and 1934.

'L'Italia Marinara', illustrated review of the Italian Naval League, 1932 and 1933.

M. Scionti, 'Brindisi Fascista: progetti e realizzazioni', in 'Aleph', no. 5, 1985.

E. Lenzi, M. G. Mancarella, 'Monumento al Marinaio', in E. Lenzi (ed.), 'Brindisi 1927-1943. Da capoluogo a capitale', Editrice Alfeo, 1994.

P. Nicoloso, 'Mussolini architetto', Einaudi, 2008.

Photographic credits

Plates of the permanent photographic exhibition inside the Monument: Simoncini Family Collection and Private Collection; prints by the Print Office of the Brindisi Navy Command.

Contemporary photographs of the Monument and the harbour: [TO BE COMPLETED: author / archive].

Video and audio guide

Video stories (simplified and in-depth versions), in five languages: [TO BE COMPLETED: production / channel].

Audio guide, Italian text and voice: by Cooply Social Cooperative; other-language versions forthcoming.

Editorial note

Content was compiled by cross-checking several sources and favouring concordant data. Where sources differ - for instance on the height of the work or the attribution of the anchors on the upper square - the most prudent wording was adopted.

Reports and corrections: [TO BE COMPLETED: email].