The Marzocco statue damaged by the winter

Problems for the stone Marzocco statue that has been guarding the Piazza for generations.

Age is finally catching up with it.



The Firenze Marzocco, a carved lion, which is a copy of the famed Donatello Marzocco from 1418 (and now found in the Museo Nazionale) has suffered from the harsh weather that Barga has had this winter and is starting to crack across the legs.
Unless something is done shortly, one morning the owners of the gallery which takes its name from the proud stone lion will wake up with the poor Marzocco in pieces on the pavement and the inhabitants of Barga bereft of another culturally valuable piece of their history.



EDIT; The Comune has had experts to look at the damage this morning and it looks as though the Marzocco's long vigil outside of the Capretz bar is over and s/he is going to be pensioned off and moved to the Museum and a copy put up in her/his place.

Anybody out there know the sex of a Marzocco ?