Central Italy
Tuscany
Florence

Rape of the Sabine Women

Abduction of a Sabine Woman is a large and complex marble statue by the Flemish sculptor and architect Giambologna. It was completed between 1579 and 1583 for Cosimo I de' Medici.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: marble sculpture by Giambologna, Loggia dei Lanzi
  • Also known as: “Abduction of a Sabine Woman”, “Il Ratto delle Sabine”, “Rape of a Sabine”, “Rape of the Sabines”, and “The Rape of the Sabine Women”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Uffizi Gallery and Loggia dei Lanzi.

Museum
Photo: Arek N., CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a prominent art museum adjacent to the in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums and the most visited, it is also one of the largest and best-known in the world and holds a collection of priceless works, particularly from the period of the Italian Renaissance.

Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also called the Loggia della Signoria, is a building on the south corner of the in , , adjoining the , and diagonally to the east the Palazzo della Signoria, the political center of the city.

Square
Photo: Giuseppe Zocchi, Public domain.
is a W-shaped in front of the in , . It was named after the Palazzo della Signoria, also called Palazzo Vecchio.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Statuto and Isolotto.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km west of Rape of the Sabine Women.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km south of Rape of the Sabine Women.

Rape of the Sabine Women

Latitude
43.76929° or 43° 46′ 9″ north
Longitude
11.25544° or 11° 15′ 20″ east
Open location code
8FMHQ794+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3391028126
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q3545179
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Uzbek—“Rape of the Sabine Women” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սաբինուհու առևանգումը”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sabine Qadınının Qaçırılması (heykəl)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sabine Qadınının Qaçırılması”
  • Basque: “Sabinen bahiketa (Giambologna)”
  • Basque: “Sabinen bahiketa”
  • Catalan: “El rapte de les sabines”
  • Chinese: “強擄薩賓婦女”
  • Danish: “Sabinerkvindes voldtægt”
  • Dutch: “De Sabijnse maagdenroof”
  • Dutch: “Rape of the Sabine Women”
  • Esperanto: “La rabado de la Sabinulinoj”
  • French: “L’Enlèvement des Sabines”
  • German: “Der Raub der Sabinerinnen”
  • German: “Raub der Sabinerinnen”
  • Greek: “Η αρπαγή των Σαβίνων γυναικών”
  • Igbo: “Abduction of a Sabine Woman”
  • Igbo: “Rape of a Sabine”
  • Igbo: “Rape of the Sabine women”
  • Igbo: “Rape of the Sabines”
  • Igbo: “The Rape of the Sabine Women”
  • Italian: “Ratto delle Sabine”
  • Korean: “사비니 여인의 납치”
  • Polish: “Porwanie Sabinek”
  • Russian: “Похищение сабинянки”
  • Russian: “Похищение сабинянок”
  • Slovenian: “Ugrabitev Sabink, Giambologna”
  • Slovenian: “Ugrabitev Sabink”
  • Spanish: “Rapto de las Sabinas”
  • Ukrainian: “Викрадення сабінянок”
  • Uzbek: “Sabina ayollarini o‘g‘irlash”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hercules and the Centaur and Menelaus supporting the body of Patroclus.

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