Nestled in a tree-lined, bucolic space in Rockefeller Park is an architectural gem: Cleveland’s Cultural Monument to Italy honoring cultural greats of Italy in the Arts & Sciences and Arts & Letters. This splendid Renaissance monument is unique in both Ohio and the U.S. and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
At its dedication in 1930, the government of Italy dispatched its royal ambassador from Washington, D.C., who presented a bust of the Roman poet Virgil. Also in attendance were Ohio’s governor, the mayor of Cleveland, and other dignitaries.
