Monday, June 30, 2025

Yow!

 Meet the Appennine Colossus.



Built over 420 years ago in Florence, Italy, the Appennine Colossus is half man and half mountain. It was created with a brick core encased by a carved stone exterior that rises 35 feet above the water below. There's even a secret room behind his head with a fireplace that blows smoke through his mighty nostrils.

(No, this is not a Photoshop fake.)

For more interesting photos, go here. Amazing.

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