Portrait Lucia Pisapia Apicella Sculpture

In the world there are no monuments dedicated to the great women of history, or there are very few. I want to remember Lucia Pisapia Apicella. Maria Lucia Apicella, born Pisapia and also known as Mamma Lucia, was an Italian philanthropist and gold medal of civil merit of the Italian Republic for having done her utmost, immediately after the Second World War, to bury the bodies of German and allied soldiers which remained abandoned on the territory of Cava Dei Tirreni for a long time. Lucia Apicella writes to the allied command asking for permission to bury the fallen. The military send it back to its mayor who, after much insistence, authorizes it and makes two gravediggers available to her. Three of them then begin to go to remote places where some "presence" had been reported. The work is horrible and the two helpers soon back out. In addition to fear of disease, the corpses of soldiers are often loaded with weapons and bombs that are still efficient and lie in sites full of unexploded ordnance. Without losing heart, Lucia hoe and spade digs, collects and cleans the bones of German soldiers. Sometimes an ally also happens, but they are few. She gathers everyone, regardless of nationality. Lucia remembers how she once had to scratch the ground by hand to release two large unexploded artillery shells before finding the two young men who were buried there. He took the bones, washed them and placed them in zinc boxes along with those personal effects that are often found on dead soldiers: identification tags, watches, cigarette cases, wallets, sometimes a helmet. She commissioned the containers herself from the local blacksmith and, to pay for them, she drew on her savings, sometimes she took the wool off the mattress to spin it and sell it. Then he stacked the galvanized boxes in the small church of San Giorgio, waiting for the authorities to send them back to their families. He collected about 800 boys who, for the most part, were identified.

Sculpture:Wax on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:10.2 W x 15 H x 11 D in

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