Sancarlone is a large statue representing Carlo Borromeo, a native of Arona (1538 – 1584), who became a Cardinal Secretary of State at the Vatican, and later Archbishop of Milan. Arona, Province of Novara, Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy.
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Sancarlone is a large statue representing Carlo Borromeo, a native of Arona (1538 – 1584), who became a Cardinal Secretary of State at the Vatican, and later Archbishop of Milan. Arona, Province of Novara, Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy.
Completed in 1698, Sancarlone was the tallest statue in the world with a total height of 35 meters. The statue is hollow and has a framework of iron onto which copper sheets are fixed. Sancarlone was designed by Giovan Battista Crespi. in 1869, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, famously known for designing the Statue of Liberty, had spent some time in Arona to study the statue. Arona, Province of Novara, Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy.
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