This Giant 16th-Century ‘Colossus’ Sculpture Is Actually A Building


Appeninno, the mountain man, was built in the late 1500s by renowned Italian sculptor Giambologna as a symbol of Italy’s rugged Apennine mountains. Standing over the ground of the Villa di Pratolino in Tuscany, the mountain man measures 35 feet tall.

But this mountain-man Appeninno is not just a sculpture, it is a whole building. The sculpture has several rooms and each room has a different use. His left-hand pour-out water from an underground stream and the space in his head is a fireplace which, when lit, blow smoke out of his nostrils. Take a look inside the interiors of this mountain man.

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Andreas Angelidakis

 Andreas Angelidakis

 Andreas Angelidakis

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This model shows the rooms inside of the colossus

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What do you think of this mountain man?

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