(12722) Petrarca & Francesco Petraca - Padova, Italy
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An asteroid of the main belt (12722) Petrarca and a sandstone statue of Francesco petrarca, an Italian scholar and poet in Renaissance Italy and one of the earliest humanists located on Piazza Petrarca (Petrarca' square) in Padova.
Waymark Code: WMWR6M
Location: Veneto, Italy
Date Posted: 10/05/2017
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The sandstone statue of Francesco Petrarca on the square named for him, Piazza Petrarca, in Padova was inaugurated here on July 19, 1874 and it made by Luigi Ceccon. Francesco Petrarca spent last years of his life in a small towns near Padova. The over-life size statue (about 3 meters high) is standing on a prismatic pedestal of a similar height. Around the pedestal ther a few sandstone steps. On the front side of the pedestal there is a sign "A Petrarca / Cinque secoli dopo la sua morte / Padova -- XVIII LUGLIO MDCCCLXXIV", i.e. "To Petrarca / five centuries after his death / Padova July 19, 1874". At the sides of the menoment there are three medailon of Petrarca's friends - Cola di Rienzo, Iacopo da Carrara and Laura di Noves. Francesco Petrarce is depicted as a medieval scholar, wearing a long cloak and a hood on his head. He holds a piece of paper. At his feet a scroll is lying.
Biography
Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) was an Italian poet famous for his Sonnets (1327-1374), which were dedicated to his muse, Laura. He was born in Arezzo and died in the Euganean Hills. Petrarca may be regarded as one of the greatest scholars of his age. His critical spirit made him the founder of Renaissance humanism.
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Petrarca (12722) - This minor planet was discovered at La Silla on 1991-08-10 by E. W. Elst. 12722 Petrarca is a main-belt asteroid. The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets. The asteroid belt is also termed the main asteroid belt or main belt because there are other asteroids in the Solar System such as near-Earth asteroids and trojan asteroids.