The Charles V Monument is a monumental sculpture erected in 1631 on Piazza Bologni in Palermo,

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. It was initially designed to be placed in the center of the

Quattro Canti Quattro Canti, officially known as Piazza Vigliena, is a Baroque square in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy; it is considered the center of the historic quarters of the city. The site is the intersection of two major streets in Palermo, the Via Maq ...

but was eventually erected in its current location. The statue of

Charles V Charles V may refer to: * Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558) * Charles V of Naples (1661–1700), better known as Charles II of Spain * Charles V of France (1338–1380), called the Wise * Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643–1690) * Infa ...

was created by Scipione Li Volsi of the family of Sicilian sculptors. It portrays him as a triumphant Roman Emperor, with reference to his months-long stop in Sicily (including Palermo) following the

Conquest of Tunis (1535) The Habsburg Empire of Charles V and its allies conquered Tunis in 1535, wresting the city away from the control of the Ottoman Empire. Background In 1533, Suleiman the Magnificent ordered Hayreddin Barbarossa, whom he had summoned from Alg ...

. The marble

pedestal A pedestal (from French ''piédestal'', Italian ''piedistallo'' 'foot of a stall') or plinth is a support at the bottom of a statue, vase, column, or certain altars. Smaller pedestals, especially if round in shape, may be called socles. In ...

is by Giacomo Cirasolo and Luigi Geraci with sculptures by Giovanni Tagliavia. The

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inscriptions praise Charles and compare him to "the brothers Robert uiscardand Roger irst Count of Sicily, who had brought an end to Muslim rule in Palermo in January 1072.

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Sicily Monuments and memorials in Palermo 1631 in Italy {{Italy-sculpture-stub