Rome, Italy

Elie Metchnikoff Marble Tablet

This honorary marble tablet, dedicated to Élie Metchnikoff, is located in Messina, “Contrada del Ringo” (Viale della Libertà), where he discovered the phagocytosis. Thanks to this discovery Metchnikoff won the Nobel Prize in 1908.

IN 2024

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IN 2010

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  • Photos by Emanuela Beninati (December 2010) and Luca Borghi (August 2024)
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