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Vulcan, Birmingham Alabama’s colossal statue is the world’s largest cast iron statue and considered one of the most memorable works of civic art in the United States. Designed by Italian artist Giuseppe Moretti and cast from local iron in 1904, Vulcan has overlooked Alabama’s largest city from atop Red Mountain since the 1930s. |
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The City of Birmingham built a huge statue of a burly, bearded, bare-bottomed man to tower over its entire population. Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and forge, watches over all of Birmingham as a symbol of the city’s iron origins and the ever-present spark of its indomitable spirit. |
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