Sculpture based on the poem The Gleaner of Sapri was unveiled by former PM Giuseppe Conte on Saturday

A statue depicting a scantily dressed woman from a 19th-century poem has sparked a sexism row in Italy.

The bronze statue, which portrays the woman in a transparent dress, was unveiled on Saturday during a ceremony attended by the former prime minister Giuseppe Conte in Sapri, in the southern Campania region.

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