Monument of Giro del Sole, Pistoia

Giro del Sole is a 20th-century, life-size bronze statuary complex, designed by Roberto Barni, located at ground level in piazza dell’Ortaggio, in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy. The monument, installed in 1996, consists of three blindfolded individual men, walking forward in a radially divergent and centrifugal directions. Each is holding what is described as an oil lantern. At their feet are symbols of a sun, moon, and star. The complex does not appear to allude directly to any historical event, but appears to be a cryptic symbol of the human condition: blindfolded men holding a lamp, striding in divergent directions. Some claim that there may be an allusion to Diogenes, walking in the daylight with a lamp, searching for an honest man.[1]

Giro del Sole

References
  1. Discover Pistoia, entry on statuary group.

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