List of Capitoline Wolf statues

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Lupa Capitolina, from the Capitoline Museums in Rome, Italy Lupa Capitolina, Rome.jpg
Lupa Capitolina, from the Capitoline Museums in Rome, Italy
Capitoline Wolf in Segovia, Spain Bimilenarioacueducto.JPG
Capitoline Wolf in Segovia, Spain
Capitoline Wolf in Lidingo, Sweden Millesgarden Romulus-Remus.jpg
Capitoline Wolf in Lidingö, Sweden

The Capitoline Wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus is a symbol of Rome, Italy. Copies of the statues have been donated by Italy to various places around the world. [1]

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Below is a list of replicas of the Capitoline Wolf statue in different places of the world:

Argentina

Australia

Belgium

Bolivia

Brazil

Canada

Chile

China

Finland

Guatemala

Hungary

Italy

Japan

Capitoline she-wolf in Hibiya Park, Tokyo Capitoline she-wolf statue in Hibiya Park.jpg
Capitoline she-wolf in Hibiya Park, Tokyo
Capitoline she-wolf at Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo. Replica of the Capitoline she-wolf at Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo.jpg
Capitoline she-wolf at Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo.

Libya

Capitoline Wolf in Benghazi, Libya, 1941. Benghazi, Victory st..jpg
Capitoline Wolf in Benghazi, Libya, 1941.

Moldova

New Zealand

Norway

Romania

Romanian Capitoline Wolf statues (Lupoaica):

Capitoline Wolf in Brad, Romania BradHD (4).JPG
Capitoline Wolf in Brad, Romania

Spain

Capitoline Wolf statue in Merida, Spain. Merida Spain.jpg
Capitoline Wolf statue in Mérida, Spain.

Sweden

Switzerland

Tajikistan

United Kingdom

Also seen in Saltram House Plymouth (National Trust).

United States

Central Italian/Roman Italian. From the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. 15th or 16th Century. The She-Wolf Suckling Romulus and Remus.jpg
Central Italian/Roman Italian. From the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. 15th or 16th Century.

Uruguay

References

  1. 1 2 3 Laskow, Sarah (16 October 2015). "Neither Rome, GA, Nor Rome, NY, Could Handle a Statue with Wolf Teats". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. "Estatua donada por Benito Mussolini fue robada en Talca". cooperativa.cl. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. Günther, Sven; Zhang, Hongxia (2023). "Mussolinis ‚Drittes Rom‘ in globaler Perspektive. Anmerkungen zu einer Kopie der Kapitolinischen Wölfin in Changchun, China" [Mussolini's 'Third Rome' in a global perspective. Notes on a copy of the Capitoline Wolf in Changchun, China]. Gymnasium130, 6, pp. 547–562.
  4. 谷迪 (2017-12-11). "古罗马牝狼雕像与长春之缘". 长春晚报. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15.
  5. Fang You lang(房有良)'s《新京大同公园门前的铜制牝狼雕像》
  6. 《长春市志》
  7. "La pas prin București: Statuia Lupoaicei" (in Romanian). Agerpres. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  8. "She-Wolf from the Capitoline". blantonmuseum.org. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  9. "Floyd County". Calhoun Times. 1 September 2004. p. 55. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  10. "The Capitoline Wolf Suckling Romulus and Remus". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

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