Cerchia dei Navigli in Milano in Città Metropolitana di Milano, Lombardy, Italy — Southern and Western Europe (Mediterranean)
Amatore Sciesa
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2023
1. Amatore Sciesa Marker
Tiremm innanz
Cosi’
con cuore di romano antico
incamminato a morte,
Antonio Sciesa Milanese
all’ austriaco gendarme
che vita e denaro gli offriva
a patto di delazione
sprezzante e sdognoso rispondeva
Questo marmo
sulla casa chegli abito lungamente
consacri alla riverenza dei presenti e
dei venturi
la memoria del cospiratore popolano
fucilato il 2 agosto 1851
Get on with it
So Antonio Sciesa of Milan, he of ancient Roman heart, contemptuously and disdainfully replied to the Austrian gendarmes, as he walked to his death, after they had offered him his life and money for a denunciation from him.
This plaque is placed on the house in which he lived so as to consecrate his memory for present and future generations.
Shot on August 2, 1851
Erected 1882.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable Events • Wars, Non-US. A significant historical year for this entry is 1831.
Location.
this page online
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Palazzo dell’Ambrosiana (within shouting distance of this marker); Ernest Hemingway (within shouting distance of this marker); Palazzo della Ragione (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Piazza dei Mercanti / Merchants Square (about 150 meters away); Santa Maria presso San Satiro (about 150 meters away); Piazza Duomo (about 210 meters away); Casa Broggi (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Palazzo Neorinascimentale (approx. 0.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Milano.
Also see . . .
1. Amatore Sciesa (Chi era Cotui, in Italian).
Excerpt (in translation): He was a patriot, an upholsterer by profession, who in 1850 came into contact with the clandestine republican committees of Milan. Arrested in the night between 30 and 31 July 1851 while posting insurrectionary posters on the Via Spadari,… he was sentenced to the gallows but, due to the executioner's absence, he was shot. While they were taking him to the place of execution, he was(Submitted on March 20, 2023.)made to pass by his house in the hopes of inducing him, with the thought of his family, into revealing the names of his accomplices, in exchange for saving his life. The courageous worker answered the exhortations of his executioners (in dialect): "Tiremm innanz",(“Get on with it”), defending his greatness and his city, which was fighting the Austrian invader, with simple dignity. (From the records of the trial it seems that the words actually spoken were:… "I don't know anything! I can't speak and I don't speak! That it's done, it's done!")Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 20232. Amatore Sciesa Marker - wide view
2. Amatore Sciesa (Wikipedia, in Italian). Much the same information as the preceding link, but in more detail. (Submitted on March 21, 2023.)
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2023
3. Amatore Sciesa Marker - wider view
The marker is visible here on the building on the left.
Photographed By Gaetano Previati (via Wikimedia Commons), circa 1875
4. The execution of Amatore Sciesa
Credits. This page was last revised on March 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 17, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 88 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 17, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 4. submitted on March 20, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
