Municipality-funded monument. The village has high Bitcoin merchant adoption.
📖 The story
- Artist
- Mattia Pannoni, a local crypto-artist, who came up with the idea and made it.Sources: Comune di Fornelli
- Unveiled
- 1 May 2025 at 10:30, in Piazza Umberto I.Sources: Comune di Fornelli
- Commissioned by
- Funded entirely by the Comune di Fornelli (mayor Giovanni Tedeschi), on Pannoni's proposal.Sources: Comune di Fornelli
- What the design means
- From the front the statue seems to vanish, "because Satoshi disappeared into nothing many years ago, and nobody knows his identity" (Pannoni). It was billed as Italy's first monument to Bitcoin and Satoshi, part of a plan to make Fornelli the "first Bitcoin village": 24 shops accepted bitcoin at the launch, in a village of about 1,800 residents.Sources: ANSA (9 May 2025) Comune di Fornelli
- Materials
- Stainless steel (acciaio inox).Sources: ANSA (9 May 2025)
Only facts we could source. Items tagged “Reported” are not fully confirmed.
🧭 Visiting
Getting there
We couldn't verify any bus or rail service to Fornelli, and OpenStreetMap shows no public transport stops within about 1 km. Plan on arriving by car (local bus options are unverified).
Parking: OpenStreetMap marks a small car park right beside the piazza, about 15 m away. Fees and capacity are unverified.
Exact spot
In Piazza Umberto I, Fornelli (province of Isernia, Molise), installed at the belvedere (Comune di Fornelli; ANSA). Pin: 41.60700, 14.14047 (OpenStreetMap node 12804537475).
Photo tip
This is not a Satoshigallery piece. It's by local crypto-artist Mattia Pannoni, but it has a similar effect: seen from the front, it seems to disappear (ANSA, quoting the artist). Take one frontal shot and one side shot to show it.
Generic tip (not from a source): the belvedere puts open sky behind the statue, which makes the see-through effect easier to read.
Hours & access
Outdoors in a public square. No hours are published. It should be viewable at any time, but that is our assumption and is unverified.
Nearby places that accept bitcoin
22 places within 1 km on BTC Map. The nearest 5:
From BTC Map (checked 2026-11-05); straight-line distances from the map pin, ATMs and unnamed listings left out. Check before you go.
Stay nearby (accepts bitcoin)
Confirm with the place that it still takes bitcoin before you book.
Hotels, hostels, guesthouses and rentals from BTC Map (checked 2026-11-05); straight-line distances from the map pin. No paid or affiliate links.
Guide sources
- Comune di Fornelli: inauguration
- ANSA (9 May 2025)
- OpenStreetMap node 12804537475
- BTC Map API
Guide updated 2026-10-21.
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