Bomarzo - Park of the Monsters - Italy

Sculpture of Proteus - Glauco (Protée-Glaucos, Proteus-Glaukos).
The colossal head is Proteus, prophetic sea-god. The figure who bears on his head the globe surmounted by a castle, is still Gauco, the fisherman who became a sea god after having eaten a magical herb.
- The Sacro Bosco (Sacred Wood, Bois Sacré, Heiliger Wald) also called Park of the Monsters (Parc des Monstres, Park der Ungeheuer, Parco dei Mostri ), also named Garden of Bomarzo (Jardins de Bomarzo) is a Mannerist monumental complex located in Bomarzo, in northern Lazio, Italy. The garden was created in 1552 by Prince Pier Francesco ‘Vicino’ Orsini and the great architect Pirro Ligorio under the name of ‘Villa of the Wonders (Villa des Merveilles, Park der Wunder). Situated in a wooded valley bottom beneath the castle of Orsini, it is populated by grotesque larger-than-life sculptures, some sculpted in the bedrock, and small buildings located among the natural vegetation. The park of Bomarzo was intended not to please, but to astonish. It has inspired many famous painters, writers and poets. Abandonned for centuries it became at the end of the 20th century, after a restoration program, a major tourist attraction.
2020.

REFERENCE

AKG8385091

Source

Eric Vandeville

Crédit Photo

Eric Vandeville / akg-images

Event date

19.9.2020

Période

16E SIECLE