Italy's eight decade old man builds the world's biggest labyrinth in his garden.
bird's eye / > from the air The shape of the labyrinth named Della Masone is star shaped, covering an area of about 8 hectares. It is magnificent (right). From the rear part of the maze, the center of its complex structure is Ricci's gallery and activity room (left).
Franco Maria Rich, a 77 year old Italy publisher, has a private library at Palma's home.
Ricci's country house was covered with thick bamboo, and his two puppies frolicking at the door.
most of the people who love maze in this world are mostly "paper talk". Only a few lucky children have gone through a few three-dimensional mazes in reality, and really can create a maze. Recently, the Guinness record of the largest labyrinth in the world has been rebuilt, and its creator is a Italy old man over eight years old. According to Ruth Sullivan of the financial times, the Italians have sold the publishers who have been working hard for more than half a lifetime to build a dream maze in the back garden and take years to finish. And listen to the story of a skeleton player telling his story of building a maze estate in Parma. The following articles are compiled for
77 years old, Franco Maria Rich, a former publisher, devoted his life to publishing exquisite limited edition art books, and also a senior labyrinth fan. He indulged in the history and mystery of the labyrinth, and even studied its rich symbolic significance. For the first time, he talked with outsiders about the dream of building a giant maze while he was chatting with the late Argentina writer Borges. In the 70s of last century, Ricci helped Borges to publish a book about the labyrinth. But on that day, Borges spilled Ricci with cold water. He said not to dream. The biggest maze in the world existed long ago. It was called the desert. "Nevertheless, the idea in my mind can never disappear." Ricci lit up a cigar and said in a hoarse voice, "there are three or four big mazes in Italy. But I want to build a world like star labyrinth that is as complex as a city.