Pompei monument

The monument is dedicated to Count Antonio Pompei, archaeologist and last member of his family. It was heavily damaged by bombing in 1944 and today only a few parts remain. Originally the mausoleum included a statue of Verona on a circular pedestal which placed a laurel branch on the sepulcher with the right hand and an album in the left. The inverted sarcophagus, an indication of adverse luck or of the extinction of the Pompeii family with the death of Antonio, rests on an architectural fragment with friezes, a frame and bronze bas-reliefs. In the façade a bronze high-relief depicted the burial of Jesus and at the end the effigy of the deceased and the cross. On the left were the fragments of an amphora, a Corinthian capital, a vessel with bas-reliefs and a broken tombstone, symbols of historical and archaeological studies. Above the sarcophagus there was a lunette with a bas-relief depicting the episode of the 16th century in which the Pompeii family obtained the noble title, at the top the lion of San Marco. Today only the sarcophagus and two bronze medallions are preserved.