Ghost of Vezio Castle Lake Como Italy
by Joan Carroll
Title
Ghost of Vezio Castle Lake Como Italy
Artist
Joan Carroll
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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
Description
You hear that the view of Lake Como from Castello di Vezio above Varenna (Italy) is amazing but when you get there, you wonder ‘what’s with all these ghostly figures?’. It isn’t hard to find out HOW they got there, but it’s harder to determine WHY! HOW? The ghosts are made with a help of tourists who offer to be put in position and then covered with gauze and plaster for about an hour until the it is dry. The sculptures then remain in the castle grounds until the snow comes and destroys them. WHY? The information I found online was somewhat confusing but one website cites a legend that the construction of the castle in early medieval times is linked to a will of the Lombard queen Teodolinda who spent the last years of her life in this area. it is said that her heart and soul are within the walls of the castle of Vezio and that on moonless nights her spirit wanders through the corridors of the castle. In the photo you can all see part of one of the most northern olive groves in the world, , thanks to the thermoregulation effect of the waters of Lake Como.
FEATURED PHOTO, USA Photographers Only group, 5/26/19
Joan carroll, ghost, landscape, paper mache
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May 25th, 2019
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Comments (43)
Steve Henderson
Wonderful image, Joan. I love your description, as well as your terrier instinct to keep asking, Why? Why? l/f/tw/p
Marianne Campolongo
Very cool - but it must be hot to pose for one of these sculptures! Interesting story.
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