Apennine Colossus
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The Apennine Colossus (Italian: Colosso dell'Appennino) is a stone statue, approximately 11 m high, in the estate of the Villa Demidoff in Vaglia, Tuscany in Italy. Giambologna (Flemish sculptor Jean de Boulogne) created the colossal figure, a personification of the Apennine mountains, in the late 1580s. It was constructed on the grounds of the Villa di Pratolino, a Renaissance villa that fell into disrepair and was replaced by the Villa Demidoff in the 1800s.
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N 43.859167 ° | E 11.304444 ° |
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Parco Mediceo di Pratolino (Villa Demidoff)
Via Fiorentina 276
50036
Tuscany, Italy
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