Monument to Cesare Zavattini

Place:

Cerreto Alpi - 42032 Ventasso

How to get there:

Place: Cerreto Alpi
Way: from Collagna you reach it driving along the 63 SS towards Passo del Cerreto.
It is 6 KM away from the main centre.

Tourist Area:

Appennine

Additional notes:

Description:
Memorial composition inaugurated on 19/08/1990, devoted to Cesare Zavattini. He was born in Suzzara (20/02/1902) and died in Rome (13/10/1989).
Plate inscription:
"WRITER, LITERARY MAN, PAINTER, FILM MAN, HE GAINED RECOGNITIONS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD OF CULTURE. PARMA AND MILAN CONFERED CITIZENSHIP ON HIM, HOLLYWOOD AWARDED TO HIM THE OSCAR AND THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE OF CINEMA, EARLIER RECEIVED ONLY BY CHARLOT.
THE COMMUNE OF COLLAGNA DEVOTED TO HIM THIS SCULPTURE INSPIRED BY HIS DIALECT POETRY. HE LIVED FOR LONG TIMES IN GABELLINA AND CERRETO ALPI, GUEST BY HIS SISTER, TINA SENTIERI. HE RECOMMEND THE CONSTRUCTIO OF THE ROAD WHICH CONNECTS CERRETO ALPI TO THE STATE ROAD, MADE BY THE MINISTER ROMITI IN 1947"
Stone inscription:
"SA PUDES STRICARM IN UNA PAROLA A DURMIRES"

Analytical text:

Typology:
It is a stone sculpture made by Remo Belletti.

Municipality:

VENTASSO
Piazza Primo Maggio, 3, Loc. Cervarezza, 42032 Ventasso (RE)
0522/891911, 0522 891520
info@comune.ventasso.re.it
www.comune.ventasso.re.it

Last update: April 26, 2025