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Trento
One sheet
vintage Italian travel poster for Trento, featuring the city's Monument to Dante. It was created around 1925 by an anonymous artist and printed by Chappuis in Bologna for the ENIT (Italian State Tourist Office) and the Italian State Railways.
Poster Details

Subject: The poster depicts the large bronze and granite Monument to Dante Alighieri by sculptor Cesare Zocchi, located in Piazza Dante, in front of the train station. The mountains of the Alps are visible in the background, specifically Mount Bondone.
Historical Context: The monument was erected in 1896, while the region was under Austro-Hungarian rule, as a symbol of Italian language and culture, a counterpoint to a German cultural monument erected in nearby Bolzano. After World War I, when the Trentino region was annexed to Italy, the monument became a potent symbol of Italian victory and national pride, which the poster was designed to promote for tourism.
Artist & Printer: The artist is listed as anonymous in most sources, while the printer was the lithography business Chappuis in Bologna, a prominent firm for Art Nouveau-style posters at the time.
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