A little in the open air, a little in museums, a little in wonderful and fairy gardens: sculptures really are everywhere in the country.
We chose 10 places where you can admire the most beautiful sculptures from Italy.
Canova's sculptures
Italy was home to many great artists, such as Canova, whose works are now preserved in some international but also Italian museums.
Some examples? O White Palace em Genova, the Palatine Gallery in Florença, the Basilica dei Santi Apostoli, the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art and the Borghese Gallery in Roma, as well as the Civic Museums at Eremitani in Padua and the Correr Museum in Venice.
In particular, the latter dedicates an entire room to Canova displaying drawings, sculptures and the wonderful “Dedalus and Icarus”.
Michelangelo's Pietà
The marble sculpture “Pietà di San Pietro” is an extraordinary work of Michelangelo which represents the dead Christ in the arms of Mary.
To see it, you need to travel to the capital (where other wonderful treasures await) and head towards the St. Peter's Basilica, in the Vatican.
It is here, in fact, that this masterpiece, which enchants thousands of tourists every year, is jealously guarded.
The Riace bronzes
When we talk about sculpture, we refer to all the techniques capable of shaping the material, giving it a unique and original artistic beauty.
In this sense, in our report on the sculptures from Italy we could not fail to include the Riace Bronzes, very old works (perhaps made in the 5th century BC) found in Riace, near Reggio Calabria.
Today, these wonderful works are kept in National Museum of Magna Grecia in Reggio Calabria.
Florence, Michelangelo's home
Florença is one of the stops to discover one of the most beautiful sculptures in the world: the David by Michelangelo. It is a symbolic work of the Renaissance, made of marble and more than 5 meters high, today preserved in the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence.
Curiosity: a copy of the work can be admired – always remaining in the Tuscan capital – in Piazza della Signoria, right in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, while another copy was placed in the center of the Piazzale Michelangelo.
“Veiled Christ” from the Sansevero Chapel
Among the most beautiful sculptures in Italy and certainly to be seen is also the “Veiled Christ” of Giuseppe Sanmartino, a work created in 1753 and still considered one of the greatest sculptural masterpieces in the world.
Where can it be admired? At Sansevero Chapel in Naples, just a few steps from Piazza San Domenico Maggiore.
The enchanted garden of Bomarzo
Not just in museums: sculptures are part of Italian heritage and are everywhere. As in “Parco dei Mostri” in Bomarzo, in the province of Viterbo, where stone sculptures chase each other and hide among trees and hedges.
What makes this garden magical and special is the grotesque style of works that unite mythological figures (such as Venus, Neptune, Pegasus) with animals, monsters and other imaginary creatures.
Tarot Garden in Maremma
Sculptures immersed in nature, thanks to Tarot Garden, artistic park created by Niki de Saint Phalle on the Garavicchio hill in Capalbio, in Tuscan Maremma.
Here you can admire colorful and very tall sculptures, measuring 12 to 15 meters, dedicated to tarot symbols.
A very special place for those who love traveling in search of art and magic.
Eye of the Dolomites
Get around the mountains of Trentino and Alto Adige and get lost on the natural trails where the art stands out with innovative sculptures, in wood, recycled materials or metals.
This is the proposal of Latemarium to travel allowing yourself to be contaminated by the beauty, encountering tall and imposing sculptures such as the “Eye of the Dolomites” at the Reiterjoch in Obereggen.
Where sculpture mixes with land art
There are examples in which nature and art coexist perfectly and still others in which the territory transforms into a true work of art, taking the form of an innovative sculpture.
In the 1980s, in the place where the old city was located, destroyed by the 1968 earthquake, Alberto Burri created the land art in Gibellina, Sicily, to mark the rebirth of the site.
Lauton's work
A particular and beautiful work, in addition to contemporary, is certainly that of “thinking Christ”, created by the sculptor Paolo Lauton.
To get there you need to head towards Passo Rolle, in Trentino Alto Adige and reach Monte Castellazzo, between Val di Fiemme and Primiero, also enjoying a spectacular view.
The aim of this work is to invite meditation and regain ownership of your time. A real treat.
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