The statue of Lucio Dalla shines in Piazza Cavour

One of the most important artists of the Italian musical scene was born in Bologna on March 4th 1943: Lucio Dalla, who wrote melodies which belong to the history of music.

Today, ten years after his passing, the unforgettable songwriter comes back to his own Piazza Grande, the same one he contributed to immortalize through his poetic notes.

He does it thanks to the bronze statue made by sculptor Antonello Paladino: a bench on which he smiles smug with his inseparable clarinet by his side.

The statue, already photographed by several tourists and citizens, is located within walking distance to the main entry of Galleria Cavour, which faces the homonymous square.

In fact, only a few pepole know that the famous Piazza Grande of the renowned song was Piazza Cavour and not Piazza Maggiore, as many wrongly tend to believe! That’s where Lucio Dalla was born.

Not by chance the statue is turned exaclty towards his birthplace, at street number 2. The square was changed its name only in 1892, becoming the current Piazza Cavour, and tying in fact its destiny to Galleria Cavour as well.

To Dalla, however, it always remained Piazza Grande and here the City of Bologna wanted to relocate the memory of the artist.

Once again Galleria Cavour proves to be a city setting and crossroads of art, history, tradition, and, in the segment which opens on Via Farini, non only home of the most prestigious boutiques of the city but a real point of reference for Bologna, a glue between past and contemporaneousness. Lucio Dalla sang “Piazza Grande is my home”. Now we can finally tell him: welcome back.