A.I.M.G. 82

Unità di misura: UNR

inchiostro-carta

On 5 May 1915, the monument to the Thousand was inaugurated in the presence of Gabriele D'Annunzio as the official speaker. In his speech during the solemn ceremony – contained in forty-five handwritten autographed pages – the Vate did not limit himself to presenting Eugenio Baroni's artistic work, but with rhetorical emphasis affirmed the need for Italy's intervention in the First World War. On 24 May 1915, Italy entered the war. This is the handwritten draft of the speech given by Gabriele D'Annunzio at the inauguration of the Monument to the Thousand in Quarto on 5 May 1915.