In this area stands the monument and memorial stone commemorating the Martyrs of Belfiore, Risorgimento patriots who fought for Italian unification against Habsburg rule. Among them were Enrico Tazzoli, Carlo Poma, Tito Speri, and Giovanni Grioli, who were executed on the shores of Lake Superiore, near the Belfiore lunette, and denied burial in consecrated ground. It was only during excavations in 1866 that their remains were recovered, prompting the construction of a monument to honour their sacrifice. Since the area was under military control, the monument was initially placed in Piazza Sordello, in the heart of Mantua. The Mantuan sculptor Pasquale Miglioretti designed the work, which included a statue of the Genius of Humanity at the top, a sarcophagus at the base, a pyramidal element, a lion, laurel wreaths, and medallions with the martyrs’ portraits. It was inaugurated in December 1872. In 1930, for practical and ideological reasons, the monument was dismantled. The martyrs’ remains were moved to the church of San Sebastiano, already a memorial to Mantua’s fallen, and the sarcophagus was reassembled. The statue was relocated to the Ducal Palace’s courtyard of honour. A memorial stone was erected at the original site of the executions, which fell into disrepair but was later restored under architect Giuseppe Roda’s guidance. In 1952, on the centenary of the first executions, solemn commemorations were held at the memorial stone in the presence of President Luigi Einaudi. On the 150th anniversary of the Belfiore conspiracy, Miglioretti’s monument was restored and returned to its intended location at Valletta Belfiore, inaugurated in the presence of President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.