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The Franciacorta Sculpture Park is an open-air museum which extends for over 61.000 hectares of parkland. The Park is the property of Relais Albereta, a 5 star resort in Erbusco, in the vicinity of Lake Iseo. This is the end result of an innovative project sponsored by the Terra Moretti Group, which owns the hotel and, in the year 2000, established the Third Millennium International Sculpture Prize. The initiative involved hundreds of young sculptors, from throughout the world, all of whom presented sketches for works which would express the new millennium's sense of beginning and represent a positive sign of hope and optimism for the future.

An international jury, comprised of eminent figures from the world of art and culture, were responsible for selecting the winners. The work of the winners has since been realized using Prize funds and installed as part of a permanent exhibition in the Terra Moretti estate in Franciacorta. The Italian art critic Vittorio Sgarbi, who in 2006 participated in the awards ceremony, has described the initiative as a great public demonstration in support of the territory and underlined how the park, through the artworks, adds yet further value to a landscape already sculpted by the work of man.

Every first Sunday of the month, the Sculpture Park is open to the general public, by reservation only. Visitors can follow the route, which winds its way through the park surrounding the Relais, as far as the nearby wine cellars of Bellavista and Contadi Castaldi. The visitor is immersed in the peaceful countryside of Franciacorta, with its rolling hills lined with grapevines, in the midst of which there appear pieces of sculpture, impressive art works, such as Salvatore Sava's Fiori di Pietra, Maki Makamura's My Inside and Giorgio Spiller's Casa Orizzontale.

Parco delle Sculture di Franciacorta
L'Albereta Relais & Chateaux
Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 23
Erbusco (Brescia)
Tel. +39 030 7760550
www.albereta.it