Livorno - Statue of Grand Duke Ferdinand I

In Piazza Micheli, which opens on to the harbor, can be seen a monument to Grand Duke Ferdinand I (1587-1609), popularly known as the Monumento dei Quattro Mori (Monument of the Four Moors) after the bronze figures on the base. The monument, with its marble statue of the Grand Duke, was originally erected in 1599; the vigorously depicted figures of slaves were added, after long-drawn-out preliminary trials in 1623.