Garden of Tarot, a sculpture garden created by Niki de Saint Phalle in Capalbio, Tuscany, Italy, Europe - Giardino dei Tarocchi
The Garden of Tarot is a sculpture garden based on the esoteric tarot created by the French artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002) in Pescia Fiorentina, località Garavicchio, province of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. The park was opened to the public in 1998. Niki de Saint Phalle, inspired by Antonio Gaudí´s Parc Güell in Barcelona, and Parco dei Mostri in Bomarzo, as well as Palais Idéal by Ferdinand Cheval, and Watts Towers by Simon Rodia, decided to make something similar: a monumental sculpture park created by a woman. In 1979, she acquired some land in Garavicchio, Tuscany, about 100 km north-west of Rome along the coast. There she built the Giardino dei Tarocchi, containing twenty-two monumental figures representing the greater Mysteries of the tarot, constructed of reinforced concrete and covered with mirrors and ceramic mosaic. The figures can be walked through; the artist lived inside the sphinx-like Empress for several months during the construction of the garden. The Giardino dei Tarocchi is open from April through October, and to preserve the garden’s magical space and atmosphere, the number of daily visitors is restricted.
Size: 4960px × 3300px
Location: Pescia Fiorentina, province of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
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License: Licensed
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