Pietro Cascella

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Pietro Cascella (Pescara, Italy 1921 - Pietrasanta, Italy 2008) was an Italian painter and sculptor who lived in Verrucola. He is noted for his Carrara marble sculptures and his paintings, which often hark back to impressionism and post-impressionism. He created monumental sculptures for locations as varied as the Auschwitz death camp and Silvio Berlusconi's underground mausoleum.

He lived in a medieval castle.

Guardian Obituary Pietro Cascella [[1]]