1929 found at Boretto

1930 placed in the Public Gardens

This is an enclosure – type grave but only the front side remains. Inside the enclosure there should be the memorial stone. The only side of the monument you can see is the front, where on brick-foundations there’s a plinth made of Botticino stone. The plinth supports the balustrade made up of small rectangular pillars . The iconography consists of the main stone with an inscription and a bas-relief for the dead; on its extremities, there are two memorial stones with Attis’ face wearing the Phrygian cap and a carving of the upside-down torch; over all this there are two stone vessels. In the plinth supporting the stone, we can see some hunting scenes, various sea-animals, and an allegorical representation of the four seasons. The inscription is: “D.M C.CONCORDIO BRIXILL PRIMO VI-VIR. AVG. GR. DD. C.CONCORDIO . C. L. RHENO. IIIIII . VIRO AVGVSTALI . VIRO CONCORDIAE C. F. FESTAE FILIAE MUNATIA . C . ET. C-L. RUFILLA V. F.”. This inscription talks about the Concordi’s family and their recent appointment by imperial decree.

The use of Botticino stone suggests artisans from Brescia.

It was created in Roman times during the empire of Claudius (41-54 A. D.) for the Concordi’s family and it was moved to Reggio Emilia in 1930, that is the year after it was found at Boretto.

This work is placed in the town central park and is surrounded by a luxuriant evergreen vegetation, which highlights its magnificence in every season. There already were other monuments in the park, but the one dedicated to the Concordi’s family is the most important.

This work was created to magnify the importance of the Concordi’s family. During that time Caio Concordio and Concordio Reno had obtained the office of “servir et augustalis”, i.e. officers in the service of the emperor: this was a duty which brought prestige to the whole family in the community of Brixillium (towards the middle of the first century A.D.).

This monument was found along the main road in Boretto in 1929, but the following year it was moved to the park of Reggio Emilia and placed in a proper botanic surrounding in order to underline the magnificence of Reggio Emilia and Italy during the fascist period.