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A monumental sculpture from the "Sacred Grove" (Sacro Bosco). "Impossible architecture". The quaint park at Villa delle Meraviglie in Bomarzo is an architectural and park complex in the valley at the foot of the Orsini family castle.

Herbert List's iconic photograph. Sacro Bosco – Garden of Pier Francesco Orsini, Bomarzo (Lazio), Italy, 1952.

Researchers believe the "impossible architecture" or some of the enigmatic statues represent stages of an "alchemical route." Historians and philologists have made several attempts to explain the park's labyrinthine symbols and have found ancient themes and motifs in Renaissance literature.