During the construction of the of the Park of Pinocchio, a national competition was launched with the participation of eighty-four sculptors. The victory went to Emilio Greek for the sculpture of Pinocchio and the Fairy and to Venturino Venturi for the Piazzetta of Mosaic, the project was entrusted to the architects Renato Baldi and Lionello De Luigi. Thus in 1956 was inaugurated the "Parco di Pinocchio." Other sculptures were created by Peter Consagra (The Carabiniere, The Cat and the Fox and The Serpent), Augusto and Marco Zanuso Small ( The Great Shark).
In the Pinocchio park we can admire:
- Pinocchio e la Fata (Pinocchio and the fairy)
- Piazzetta dei Mosaici (The mosaic square)
- The Sculptures : The policeman (il Carabiniere),The cat and the fox ( il Gatto e la Volpe) and The Snake (il Serpente)
- The Sculpture of The great shark (Grande Pescecane)
- il Paese dei Balocchi (The Balocchi funland)
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Laboratory of Words and Figures
The Pinocchio-park is located in Collodi in the area of Pescia (Pistoia). In Via B. Pasquinelli, 6 - 51014 Collodi (Pistoia)
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