A small enchanted park designed and built on a vast property of over sixteen hectares, the mystical Garden of Daniel Spoerri is located halfway between the perched village of Seggiano and the small hamlet of Pescina. The multifaceted artist of Romanian nationality naturalized Swiss, arrived in the heart of the Tuscan countryside in the early 90s, after having lived for many years in the most important cities in the world including New York, Simi, Düsseldorf and Paris. Inspired by this land, his magical garden was born. For those who want to discover this fantastic place, to say the least, they must think that everything they will see is the result of the encounter and the clash between the reality of the place and the irrational inspiration of Spoerri, which has been formed over the years and in the his long wandering around the world. Inspired by the best known Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo or Garden of the Monsters, in the province of Viterbo, and fascinated by the natural beauties that attract him but what scares him, Daniel Spoerri has created this corner of paradise which is one of the most evocative representations of the so-called “Deceptions of Art”. The Spoerri garden was officially opened to the public in 1997 and can be visited from Easter to October. Inside the monumental park there are 113 works by 55 different artists and it has also been recognized for its artistic value by the Foundation of the Italian Ministry of Culture. Among the most evocative works present in the permanent exhibition of Daniel Spoerri’s Garden we find the iron origami of the Japanese Kimitake Sato, but also the installation “The Warriors of the Night” created by Spoerri himself in which four bronze soldiers are represented they rest in a pond. Another work of immense suggestion are “The mannequins”, also by Spoerri, seven bronze figures that recall the imaginative figures of the great painter Mirò, another very beautiful work is the “Dies irae – Jour de colére” signed by Olivier Estoppey which represents 160 large concrete ducks marching towards Seggiano, led by three immense drummers that exceed 3 meters in height. Information Daniel Spoerri’s Garden Foundation in Strada Provinciale Pescina Loc. II Giardino I – 58038 Seggiano (GR) tel +39 0564 950 553 (info and ticket) e-mail info@danielspoerri.org or visit the website www.danielspoerri.org