VICENZA, Italy.
Piazzola Gualdi, 10
Piazzola Gualdi, 10
Bust in memory of military and sailor Francisco Molino
or Molin (Venice, 21 April 1575 - 27 February 1655), which was Dux of the
Republic of Venice from January 1646 until his death. He noted for his struggle
against the Turks for possession of the Greek island of Crete and for other
important maritime campaigns carried out by the Venetian Republic.
Under the bust you can read this inscription in Latin,
dated 1639:
IN CRETA INSULA, CUI SUMMO CUM IMPERIO PRAEFUIT, STATUAM FRANCISCO MOLINO MILES CONSECRAT. AMOVERI SENATOR MERUISSE CONTENTUS MODESTE IUBET ILLAM, POSTERITAS UT DISCAT ADMIRABUNDA SENATORIUM ESSE IMMINERE, NON EMINERE HONORUM FASTIGIIS NICOLAUS COMES GUALDUS PR. MILITUM EX PRAEF. / II P.C. MDCXXXIX.
IN CRETA INSULA, CUI SUMMO CUM IMPERIO PRAEFUIT, STATUAM FRANCISCO MOLINO MILES CONSECRAT. AMOVERI SENATOR MERUISSE CONTENTUS MODESTE IUBET ILLAM, POSTERITAS UT DISCAT ADMIRABUNDA SENATORIUM ESSE IMMINERE, NON EMINERE HONORUM FASTIGIIS NICOLAUS COMES GUALDUS PR. MILITUM EX PRAEF. / II P.C. MDCXXXIX.
Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 03.2016.
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