Urla dalla locanda
L'assassinio di Winckelmann
Screams from the Inn. The Murder of Winckelmann
La spettacolare Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia, la più grande piazza europea affacciata sul mare, è stata teatro di fatti atroci: dalla promulgazione delle leggi razziali fasciste in Italia a, più indietro nel tempo, molte esecuzioni pubbliche per mezzo di pratiche medievali.
Poco dopo la metà del 1700 proprio qui venne giustiziato per mezzo del supplizio della ruota Francesco Arcangeli, reo dell’omicidio di Johann Joachim Winckelmann, teorico dell’arte, fondatore della moderna archeologia.
Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia, the largest European square overlooking the sea, was the scene of some of the most horrific events of the 20th century. It was here, from the balcony of City Hall, that Benito Mussolini announced the implementation of Italy’s fascist racial laws. And in former times, the Piazza was the site of public executions which were carried out by mediaeval methods.
In the mid-1700s, the execution of Francesco Arcangeli took place in this very square after being found guilty of murdering Johann Joachim Winckelmann; a prominent German art theorist, and founder of modern archaeology. The execution was conducted by breaking wheel, a specific form of torture that was used, primarily in Europe, from the Middle Ages up until the 19th century and consisted of breaking the bones criminals or bludgeoning them to death.
Piazza
Unità d’Italia
Museo d’Antichità
“J.J. Winckelmann”