Garden of the Tarocchi

Garden of Tarocchi it is one park artistic situated to Garavicchio, one fraction of in , devised from the artist -American Niki De Saint Phalle ( - ) and realized to leave from , with the decisive contribution it begins them of the husband, the scultore-saldatore Jean Tinguely.

The Garden of Tarocchi is inspired to Güell park of Barcelona of Antoni Gaudì and to Park of the monster of . With the realization of its fantastic garden, duration beyond two decades, the scultrice and pittrice Niki De Saint Phalle crowned a dream cultivated sin from the first years of its artistic activity. The park is opened the public to leave from .

garden, perfectly inserted in the landscape to collinare from Tuscany, member has one strongly esoteric. There are represents the 22 mysterious greater ones to you of i through most colorful and imposing sculptures, some di.le which high ones until 15 meters and habitable, covered of ceramics policrome, valuable mosaics of mirror, glasses, realize to you with the contribution of a group of local craftsmen.

The sculptures have been realized in , with an inner structure of tondini of iron of varied thickness, sagomati by hand and it knits to you between they, that a net from jetty resists on which has been sprayed to machine the concrete. This renders between the other the antiseismic house-sculptures. The same author, like the husband, lived for long periods and had a its study to the inside of some of they.

A wall constructed in local it encircles the park, separating it from the surrounding truth, contributing to dissolve in the visitor the feeling of the time. The income, equipped of a circular portale, is signed from the architect Mario Botta.

From always fascinated from the artistic treasures of the from Tuscany cities, but taken care from the effects of the mass tourism that the pervade, Niki De Saint Phalle wanted to avoid every possible crowding, in order to preservare for anyone the magical atmosphere that is breathed to the inside of the garden: the garden is opened alone during some periods of the year and insufficient pubblicizzato, the incomes are to closed number and numerous comitive are not accepted.

According to the will of the scultrice, the garden currently is managed from Foundation the Garden of the Tarocchi, a private foundation that through the returns concludes the remaining details of the realization of the work and ago forehead to the constant cures of maintenance of which this park of the wonders it needs.

External connections

• The Garden of the Tarocchi in the situated official of the artist (in English)
• The Garden of the Tarocchi (in English)
• The situated official of the Garden of the Tarocchi (in Italian)