On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the first message sent via telegraph by Guglielmo Marconi to Marco Fidel Suarez, Colombian President at the time, the Embassy of Italy, in collaboration with the Municipality and the Cultural Heritage Institute of the Capital, has provided for the restoration of the bust of the Italian scientist by Venezuelan sculptor Humphrey Accary Guerrero. The original was donated to Colombia by the Italian government in 1938.
Mayor Enrique Peñalosa thanked the Embassy for the initiative and for having decided to “adopt”, on this occasion, the 24 monuments of Italian artists present in Bogota’, with the commitment of organizing activities to give them prominence and disseminate knowledge about them.