Sancarlone
Sancarlone | |
San Carlone | |
Interactive map of Colossus of San Carlo Borromeo | |
| Location | Arona, Piedmont, Italy |
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| Coordinates | 45°46′13″N 8°32′36″E / 45.77028°N 8.54333°E |
| Designer | Giovan Battista Crespi |
| Type | Monument |
| Material | Copper plates on iron frame, granite pedestal |
| Height | 35 metres (115 ft) Pedestal and base: 11.5 metres (38 ft) Figure: 23.5 metres (77 ft) |
| Beginning date | 1614 |
| Completion date | 1698 |
| Opening date | 1698 |
| Dedicated to | Charles Borromeo ("San Carlo") |
The San Carlone or Sancarlone or the Colossus of San Carlo Borromeo is a massive copper statue by Giovanni Battista Crespi, erected between 1614 and 1698, near Arona, Italy. It represents Charles Borromeo, a Catholic saint and former archbishop of Milan. According to sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi "The statue of St. Charles Borromeo is the first known example of a statue of repousse copper, worked with the hammer inside and outside, and freely supported on iron beams". Today, the complex is maintained by Milan's Biblioteca Ambrosiana.