Rome showcases Botero with 8 pieces at iconic piazzas

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 9 - Rome is showcasing Fernando Botero from Wednesday until October 1 with eight monumental works by the late Colombian sculptor placed in eight iconic sites around the Italian capital.
    The Terrazza del Pincio, Piazza del Popolo, Largo San Carlo, Piazza di San Lorenzo in Lucina, Piazza Mignanelli and Piazza San Silvestro will display some of the most famous sculptures of the artist known for his generously proportioned figures who died last September aged 91.
    "Italy was my father Fernando Botero's second home and I think that nothing could have brought him more pleasure than seeing his monumental sculptures exhibited today in the heart of this extraordinary city, which influenced his work so much," said his daughter Lina, who has helped organise the "diffused show".
    (ANSA).