Editing Giovanni da Verrazzano (section)

===Commemorations===
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[[File:Giovanni da Verrazzano by Ximenes, Battery Park, NYC.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Statue in [[The Battery (Manhattan)|Battery Park]], [[Manhattan]] by [[Ettore Ximenes]] (1909)]]
[[File:Verrazzano.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Verrazzano's statue in the town of [[Greve in Chianti]], Italy]]

*In 1909, during the [[Hudson-Fulton Celebration]], a bronze statue of Verrazzano by [[Ettore Ximenes]] was installed in [[The Battery (Manhattan)|Battery Park]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Battery – Giovanni da Verrazzano|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/battery-park/monuments/1628|website=New York City Department of Parks & Recreation}}</ref>
*There are numerous commemorations of the explorer on [[Staten Island]].
**The [[Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge]], spanning [[The Narrows]] that separate Staten Island from [[Brooklyn]], is perhaps the best known. Until October 2018, it was known as the "Verrazano-Narrows Bridge" with one "z".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Campanile |first1=Carl |title=Cuomo Finally Fixes a 50-Year-Old Typo |url=https://nypost.com/2018/10/01/cuomo-finally-fixes-a-50-year-old-typo/ |access-date=October 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Rivoli | first=Dan | title=Verrazzano Bridge finally gets name corrected, decades later | website=New York Daily News | date=October 1, 2018 | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-verrazano-bridge-name-change-20181001-story.html | access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref>
**A [[Staten Island Ferry]] boat that served New York from the 1950s to the 1990s was also named for Verrazzano. The ferry was named the "Verrazzano", while the bridge was named "Verrazano".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wang|first=Vivian|date=2018-06-07|title=How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Verrazano? With an Extra Z|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/nyregion/bill-would-spell-verrazano-bridge-with-an-extra-z.html|access-date=2020-08-15|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
**A [[Little League]] team on Staten Island is also named for him.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Verrazano Babe Ruth League|url=https://newyorksportsconnection.com/ny_organization/verrazano-babe-ruth-league/|access-date=2020-08-15|website=New York Sports Connection|language=en|archive-date=6 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206214519/https://newyorksportsconnection.com/ny_organization/verrazano-babe-ruth-league/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*The [[Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge]] in [[Narragansett Bay]], Rhode Island, is named for him, as is Maryland's [[Verrazano Bridge (Maryland)|Verrazano Bridge]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamestown Bridge aces spelling bee |url=https://www.jamestownpress.com/articles/jamestown-bridge-aces-spelling-bee/|access-date=2020-08-15|website=www.jamestownpress.com|date=7 July 2016}}</ref>
*[[Italian destroyer Giovanni da Verrazzano|A vessel]] of the [[Regia Marina]], a destroyer of the {{sclass|Navigatori|destroyer|4}}, was named after Verrazzano. She was launched in 1930 and sunk by a British [[submarine]] in 1942.
*There is a statue of him in the town of [[Greve in Chianti]], Italy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greve in Chianti|url=https://www.caftours.com/location/Greve%20in%20Chianti|access-date=2020-08-15|website=www.caftours.com}}</ref>
*There is a monument commemorating him in [[Rehoboth Beach, Delaware]]; it states on its south face:

{{poemquote|In Commemoration of
Verrazzano's
Voyage to
America
erected by the
Delaware Commission on
Italian Heritage and Culture
2008<ref name="Giovanni Da Verrazzano Historical Marker">{{cite web|url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=49095 |title=Giovanni Da Verrazzano Historical Marker |publisher=Hmdb.org |access-date=2017-02-22}}</ref>}}

:The monument further states on its east face:

<blockquote>A native of Val Di Greve in the Tuscany region of Italy, he studied navigation as a young man and became a master mariner. He was engaged by the King of France to lead a voyage to North America in 1524. The purpose of Verrazzano's journey was to learn more about the continent. Traveling in a small ship known as the Dauphine, he explored coastal areas from the present-day State of North Carolina to Canada, observing the natural abundance of the land and the vibrant culture of its native peoples. His voyage is the earliest documented European exploration of this part of the Atlantic Coast.{{parabr}}This monument rests upon stone from Castello di Verrazzano, the explorer's ancestral home.<ref name="Giovanni Da Verrazzano Historical Marker" /></blockquote>