Epitaph of Altamura information

Epitaph of Altamura
Native name Italian: Epitaffio di Altamura
Epitaph of Altamura
Nearest city	Altamura
Coordinates	40°50′18″N 16°33′03″E / 40.838425°N 16.550767°E / 40.838425; 16.550767
Height	C. 4 m
Built	1807 ca.

The Epitaph of Altamura (Italian: Epitaffio di Altamura) is a monument located in Altamura, Southern Italy. According to historian Ottavio Serena, it was erected right after the visit in city, on 8 April 1807, of Joseph Bonaparte (the elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte), who had just become king of Naples.^[1] According to more recent hypotheses, this monument was instead built in the year 1797, right after the visit of the kings Ferdinand IV and Maria Carolina of Austria in the city of Altamura.^[2] The commemorative monument is located in largo Epitaffio (Epitaph square). Although traditionally named epitaph, it is not a funerary inscription but instead a commemorative monument.