Alternative history in the CENTRO STORICO
Oct 07, 2021
3 minutes
Words: Julia Buckley
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In the middle of Via del Babuino, surrounded by designer shops, Giuseppe Albano stops at a cafe. From the outside, Canova Tadolini looks like any other. But Giuseppe gestures inside to a giant, white man sitting on a giant, white horse. They’re barrelling towards the door, with more spectral, white statues behind them, gathered like an army of wraiths.
“This was the studio of Canova and his star pupil, Tadolino,” says Giuseppe. The man on
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