Bosco di Bomarzo, Park of the monsters, Lazio

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Bosco di Bomarzo, Park of the monsters, Lazio

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tashimelampo, on August 19, 2008, said:

The park of Bomarzo was intended not to please, but to astonish, and like many Mannerist works of art, its symbolism is arcane: examples are a large sculpture of one of Hannibal's war elephants, which mangles a Roman legionary, or the statue of Ceres lounging on the bare ground, with a vase of verdure perched on her head.

The many monstrous statues appear to be unconnected to any rational plan and appear to have been strewn almost randomly about the area, sol per sfogare il Core ("just to set the heart free") as one inscription in the obelisks says. (from Wikipedia)

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