Venice, Veneto · Memorial tablet
At a glance
At Punta della Dogana, where the Grand Canal and the Giudecca canal meet, a marble tablet is set into the stone wall. It carries the names of the men of the Veneto Guardia di Finanza killed in the First World War, under a relief of a winged figure, flanked by two bronze wreaths and two stone torches. It is signed at the lower right by Angelo Franco, a sculptor from the Venetian parish of Santa Maria del Carmelo.
Key facts
- Sculptor: Angelo Franco (Venice, 28 July 1887 – Milan, 9 October 1961), signed on the frame at lower right
- Commemorates: the men of the Veneto Guardia di Finanza who died in the First World War (1915–1918)
- Form: an inscribed marble tablet with a relief above, two bronze wreaths and two stone torches
- Location: the wall at Punta della Dogana, Dorsoduro
- Promoted by: the Società fra ex Finanzieri di Venezia
- Coordinates: 45.4314269, 12.3366363
What you see
The tablet is set at eye level in the white stone of the wall, in a frame of its own. The names run in close columns down the marble — enough of them that the lettering has to be small. Above, in low relief, a winged figure bends over a fallen man.
On either side hangs a bronze wreath, dark against the white stone, with a small torch beneath. The brick showing through at the base is where the wall itself has lost its facing: the memorial has been kept, the wall around it less so.
The memorial today
Practical information
- Seen from the public street or canal; the building is in use and not open to visitors.
Sources
- Pietre della Memoria — Lapide ai Caduti della Guardia di Finanza del Veneto, Venezia: attribution to Angelo Franco from the signature on the frame
- Angelo Franco, Venetian sculptor (1887–1961)
Record researched and written by Stefano Vigolo for Cultural Heritage Online, 2026.
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The columns of names
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The memorial on the wall at Punta della Dogana
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The tablet with its wreaths and torches
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