An Italian artist has created an iconic reproduction of the Trevi Fountain, one of Italy's top tourist attractions, using around 20 Lego bricks.
The author of the work is Maurizio Lampis, president of the Karalisbrick Cultural Association and founder of the Karalisbrick Lego Museum in Sestu, in Sardinia.
“The project began five months ago with the aim of reproducing one of the most important monuments in Italy after the construction, in 2019, of the Basilica di Bonaria in Cagliari, symbol of Sardinia,” Lampis told HANDLE.
According to the Italian, “around 20 thousand blocks were needed to reproduce the famous fountain as faithfully as possible on the miniature scale: 75 centimeters wide, 50 cm deep and 70 cm high at its highest point”.
“During the creation I used photographs retrieved from the internet to make it as similar to reality as possible”, explained Lampis, highlighting that the details were minimally taken care of and there is no shortage of tourists around the monument.
Inaugurated in 1762, the Trevi Fountain is the largest of Rome's monumental fountains and served as the setting for Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita," in an iconic scene that immortalized Anita Ekberg and Marcello Mastroianni.
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The monument is the ninth created by Lampis. Now, the Lego Trevi Fountain will be exhibited for a short period at the Karalisbrick Museum and will then go on a tour of Sardinia, accompanied by the Roman Colosseum, also built with Lego pieces.
“Having built the Trevi Fountain also makes me proud because it is entirely my project, the result of years of study in the world of Lego bricks that became my work four years ago”, concludes Lampis.
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