Fernando Botero, the Colombian artist who chose Pietrasanta (Lucca) as his second home, had expressed the desire to be buried in the cemetery of the city of Versilia, also because his wife Sophia Vari, of Greek origin, is also an internationally known artist is buried there. . Sophia Vari’s body was received at the municipal cemetery last May. Botero shared the desire to rest next to him with his already living and known wife.
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There is currently no formal request from the family, neither regarding the burial nor the methods and times of the burial ritual in Versilia. The municipal offices are closed today, so we will talk about it again starting Monday. Mayor Alberto Stefano Giovannetti reiterates the strong bond that Botero has long shared with Pietrasanta: “If we are a cradle of art, we owe it to him.”
Botero and his wife bought a house in the city known as “Little Athens” due to its concentration of sculptors, marble quarries and foundries, and every summer the whole family met here in Tuscany to spend some time together.
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