Querini addition

I mentioned in my last post that the duke of the Abruzzi also caused a memorial to be made to Felice Ollier, one of the two men lost with Querini.

A friend who often goes to Courmayeur has sent me this photograph of the statue, so I add this to our communal fund of knowledge.  I’m struck by the difference between this monument and the one of Querini.  Here we have a cross, and the dog is center stage — there’s no man at all.  Yet each seems correctly attuned to its setting and culture, if you will.

Memorial to Felice Ollier in Courmayeur.  (Photo: Giorgio Scattola)
The dog is excellent. (Scattola)
The plaque reads: A FELICE OLLIER / GUIDA ALPINA  / SCOMPARSO SUI GHIACCI DELL’OCEANO GLACIALE ARTICO / NELLA SPEDIZIONE COLLE SLITTE DIRETTA AL POLO NORD / MARZO 1900 / LUIGI DI SAVOIA “To Felice Ollier / Alpine guide / lost on the ice of the glacial Arctic ocean / in the expedition with the sleds to the North Pole / March 1900 / Luigi di Savoia.”   (rete comuni italiani)

 

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