Vulcan statue
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The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and is the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, United States, reflecting its roots in the iron and steel industry. The 56-foot tall stat
Vulcan
Photograph of Vulcan dated to January 1990. The photograph shows how the statue looked prior to the 1999–2004 restoration.
Vulcan on its restored pedestal with new elevator tower
Vulcan Center at the top of Red Mountain
Giuseppe Moretti
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Giuseppe Moretti was an Italian émigré sculptor who became known in the United States for his public monuments in bronze and marble. Notable among his works is Vulcan in Birmingham, Alabama, which is
Vulcan statue
…largest made of iron, it is also among the nation's tallest statues of any kind. Commissioned by the Commercial Club of Birmingham, Italian-born sculptor Giuseppe Moretti began designing the monumental figure in 1903, using a 6-foot (183 cm) tall model to study the form. He next sculpted a clay master model in an unfinished…
The studio in Manhattan that Moretti shared with Karl Bitter
Stephen Foster sculpture, 1900, on Schenley Plaza in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Statue of Elizabeth and Joseph E. Brown, 1928, Atlanta