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title: THE ORCO, PARK OF THE MONSTER TO BOMARZO

subject date: 2004-11-15

caption: MONSTERS ''The Ogre'', large face with empty eye sockets and a wide open mouth through which you enter a small room whose walls give the voices a frightening echo; glimpse of the ''Parco dei Mostri'' of Bomarzo (Viterbo), designed by the architect Pirro Ligorio (1512/1513 – 26 October 1583) in 1547 commissioned by Prince Pier Francesco Orsini known as Vicino, saddened by the death of his wife Giulia Farnese . The monumental complex is divided into a series of sculptures depicting mythological animals, deities and monsters, scattered across approximately 3 hectares of a natural park. Peperino sculpture by Simone Moschino (Simone Simoncelli 12 November 1553 – 20 June 1610), Italy, 16th century.

category: HIS

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Italia

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

instructions: Per utilizzi: Fototeca Gilardi - t. 02 3931 2652

Creation date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

object name: 54175

priority: 0

multiplying price: 1.00

pricing: default

continent: Europa

image century : XVI

image epoch: Rinascimento

licence: RM

subject century: XVI

subject epoch: Rinascimento

technique: Scultura

id: 7050

file name: FSNgilardi_54175.jpg

keywords

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