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The statue was placed in the park in 1957, donated by the city's Italian-American community. The statue itself was sculpted by Count Vittorio di Colbertaldo (1902-1979) of Verona, one of Benito Mussolini's hand picked ceremonial bodyguards known as the "Black Musketeers." Colbertaldo doubled as the Musketeers's sculptor, producing statues which commemorated the organization. The statue in Pioneer Park was cast in Verona and then shipped to San Francisco. A second Columbus statue done by Colbertaldo is in Miami's Bayfront Park.
Verona San Francisco second Columbus statue Count Vittorio di Colbertaldo Miami Benito Mussolini Italian-American Pioneer Park Bayfront Park