Apennine Colossus
Videos
The Apennine Colossus is a stone statue, approximately 11 meters high, in the estate of the Villa Demidoff in Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy. Giambologna created the colossal figure, a personification of the
Colossus of Apennine
Upper chamber within the statue
Dragon at the back of the Colossus by Giovanni Battista Foggini
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna
Villa di Pratolino
Videos
The Villa di Pratolino was a Renaissance patrician villa in Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy. It was mostly demolished in 1822. Its remains are now part of the Villa Demidoff, 12 km north of Florence, reached f
Apennine Colossus
…The Apennine Colossus (Italian: Colosso dell'Appennino) is a stone statue, approximately 11 meters high, in the estate of the Villa Demidoff in Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy. Giambologna (Flemish sculptor Jean de Boulogne) created the colossal figure, a personification of the Apennine Mountains…
Pratolino, the lower half of the garden, by Giusto Utens, 1599 (Museo Topografico, Florence)
The "Apennine Colossus" in its niche
The park and Villa Demidoff, which is the restored Paggeria of Villa di Pratolino.