The plaque placed in memory of the young lieutenant of the 4th Grenadiers of Lombardy who fell heroically on June 24, 1866, in an attempt to provide an escape route for his comrades trapped inside the Cavalchina house and surrounded by the enemy.
Polished marble plaque with engraved inscriptions filled with brown pigment. It has a marble frame and is affixed to the façade towards the street of the building called "La Cavalchina."
Some decorative motifs adorn the short gable, the base, and the outline.
MESSAGGI STEFANO
DI TREVIGLIO
LIEUTENANT OF THE 4TH GRENADIERS
ALREADY OF THE THOUSAND OF MARSALA
FOR COURAGE AND LOVE OF HOMELAND
TO NO ONE SECOND/BY LOYALTY AND GENTLENESS OF MANNERS
TO ALL DEAR
WOUNDED IN PALERMO ON MAY 27, 1860
HERE FELL
GLORIOUSLY
AT AGE 26
AFTER HAVING FOUGHT ALL DAY
ON JUNE 24, 1866
PASSERBY TELL HIM PEACE
source: museo difuso del risorgimento
