Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso
“Let the women, happy and honored in future times, occasionally turn their thoughts to the pains and humiliations of the women who preceded them in life, and remember with some gratitude the names of those who opened and paved the way to the happiness that was never before enjoyed, perhaps only dreamed of” – Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso, 1866
On 15 September 2021, the Brivio Sforza Foundation installed the first monument dedicated to a female historical figure in Piazza Belgiojoso in Milan.
On the 150th anniversary of her death, the Brivio Sforza Foundation, in collaboration with Le Dimore del Quartetto and also with the support of the Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Milano, will install a statue dedicated to her in Piazza Belgioioso in Milan, the work of sculptor Giuseppe Bergomi. The project is sponsored by the Lombardy Region and the Municipality of Milan.
This extraordinary heroine of the Risorgimento and ancestor of the family lived in her youth in Palazzo Trivulzio, Palazzo Belgiojoso in Milan and Villa Belgiojoso Brivio Sforza in Merate.
La Statua
The statue, which marks a very important milestone, portrays Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso interpreted by sculptor Giuseppe Bergomi on the basis of iconographic documentation collected by the Brivio Sforza Foundation and is located in Piazza Belgioioso, a characteristic corner of 18th-century Milan, a few steps from the Duomo and Piazza della Scala.
Who is Cristina Trivulzio di Belgioso?
Cristina Trivulzio was a daring woman who was not afraid of obstacles and difficulties. Born in Milan on 28 June 1808, Cristina lived at the height of the Italian Risorgimento.
In 1829, she became a political activist in the women's section of the Carboneria (the Gardeners). A few years later, she went into exile and became involved with the Italian Liberation Junta in Marseille in 1831.
In 1832 she opened one of the largest cultural salons of the time in Paris and later, back in Italy, took part in the insurrections in Milan and Rome in 1848-49.
As a social activist, she built kindergartens, schools, communal kitchens and homes for peasants in Locate, and created and directed the Ambulanze militari (proto Croce Rossa) in besieged Rome.
Her contribution as a writer, journalist and publisher was also very important. From 1842 she published works of a philosophical, historical and religious nature and from 1845 founded newspapers and periodicals that she directed between France and Italy. A great traveller and businesswoman, she created a farm in Cappadocia in 1850 and travelled the Middle East to Jerusalem in 1852.
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