St. Mark's Square Venice Displayed at the "Creature di Gomma" Museum
A world record of LEGO bricks and 8 months of work: the diorama by Maurizio Lampis officially inaugurated in Venice.
The beauty and majesty of St. Mark’s Square in Venice have been recreated with a world record of 170,000 LEGO bricks. The work, created by the Brick Builder and president of the Karalisbrick Brick Museum, Maurizio Lampis, took eight months to complete and weighs about 90 kg.
The diorama of St. Mark’s Square was presented at the Creature di Gomma-Venice Vintage Toys Museum in Venice, with the participation of the Tourism Councillor Simone Venturini and the president of the Municipality of Venice Murano Burano, Marco Borghi. The work was sponsored by the Municipality of Venice and represents a new and original way to communicate the beauty of the city to a new audience.
The reproduction was created with great attention to detail, featuring about 200 minifigures and 50 animals.
The three procuratie with the bell tower and St. Mark’s Basilica with its famous five domes are faithfully reproduced. In front of the Basilica are the nine mosaics that distinguish it, printed on the bricks using professional photographic paper and a UV printer.
Maurizio Lampis described the work in detail, emphasizing that the reproduction should be a Guinness World Record for a private individual, the largest of its kind in the world. The work measures 270×105 cm and is 238 cm tall at its highest point, represented by the Archangel Gabriel. Additionally, the famous bars that fill the square with the classic pavement mosaics have been reproduced in detail.
The diorama of St. Mark’s Square represents a unique opportunity to engage children in discussions about the beauty of creativity and encourage a return to traditional play and building with one’s hands.
It is an extraordinary work that demonstrates attention and passion for creativity and manual work. A record-breaking achievement that helps promote the beauty of the city of Venice and the culture of building with LEGO bricks.