Guglielmo Marconi - Hoboken, NJ
Posted by: Metro2
N 40° 44.530 W 074° 01.907
18T E 581745 N 4510586
This monument to the inventor of the wireless radio is located in Hoboken's Church Square Park. Trivia fact- Marconi was a Fascist and Benito Mussolini was the best man at his wedding!
Waymark Code: WMVAAE
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 03/22/2017
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The Smithsonian Inventory (
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" A sculpture comprised of three sections: the lower section contains a bas-relief of four male figures, dressed in shirts, ties, and suitcoats, set behind a small steamship sinking in the water. Inscriptions are placed above and below the bas-relief. The middle section consists of a fluted column-like element with a relief of Guglielmo Marconi, dressed in a suit and tie, standing and holding a book with both hands. The sculpture is surmounted by a large eagle with outstretched wings. The sculpture is placed atop an inscribed base and is enclosed by a low spiked fence."
The Inventory gives the dimension as Sculpture: "approx. H. 12 ft. x Diam. 40 in.; Base: approx. 9 x 10 x 10 ft." and the medium as "Sculpture: cast concrete; Base: cast concrete."
The inscription reads:
"THIS MEMORIAL DONATED BY JOHN MINERVINI
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF MAYOR JOHN J. GROGAN
HONORS THE GREAT ITALIAN GENIUS WHO
DISCOVERED WIRELESS:
GUGLIELMO MARCONI
THE STATUE, SCULPTURED BY ARTURO DAZZI
SYMBOLIZES "WIRELESS CARRYING THE HEART
OF THE WORLD"
ERECTED APRIL 2, 1955"
See Good Reads (
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for a compilation of his writings.