Saturday, September 7, 2013

The Scaffolding

Scaffolding protecting the statue of Our Lady of the Peoples, Madonna dei Popoli, port of Livorno
This structure at the entrance of the port, still hidden by a cover and protected by a scaffolding, is the new 6-meter tall statue of the Madonna dei Popoli (Our Lady of the Peoples), a project of our (Pisan) bishop Simone Giusti. The statue was commissioned to the (Pisan) sculptor Paolo Grigò and will be unveiled this afternoon in a formal ceremony. A minority of Livornesi is against the statue for not easily understandable reasons.

External links: Ecco la Madonna del porto (Il Tirreno, in Italian)
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2013 at 1:20 AM

    Now I'm curious. What might be some of their reasons?

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  2. JackSeptember 7, 2013 at 2:23 AM

    I always laugh when I read your digs at the poor Pisans.

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  3. RandySeptember 7, 2013 at 4:20 AM

    I hope that we will see it after it's unwrapped.

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  4. DinaSeptember 7, 2013 at 8:57 AM

    Judging by the photo of the model in your link, this statue will be even more welcoming a figure than the Statue of Liberty to those who enter your port. Long may she stand.

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  5. KarlSeptember 7, 2013 at 10:58 AM

    I'm curious to see the Madonna dei Popoli in their full splendor.

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  6. AriannaSeptember 7, 2013 at 12:50 PM

    Tutto pisano via! Penderà? :) ciao, Arianna

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  7. cieldequimperSeptember 7, 2013 at 9:15 PM

    Good grief... Where's the airport? :-)

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  8. Luis GomezSeptember 7, 2013 at 10:03 PM

    Lol! You are too good!

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  9. GunnSeptember 7, 2013 at 11:52 PM

    The beginning is always half of the work.....
    I look forward to see it later.

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  10. UnknownSeptember 8, 2013 at 1:49 PM

    Scaffolding can always be found in Lisbon! There's so much to be restored...

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