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"About 10 meters under the sea off the coast of Tuscany, a thunder-thighed
woman is reclining on the ocean floor, a towering obelisk is being circled by
shoals of fish and a man with bold Roman features glares out into the distance.
Dozens of these intriguing marble sculptures are scattered across the seabed of
the so-called “underwater museum” in Talamone, a placid town along the Tuscan
coastline about 75 miles northwest of the Italian capital.
Above the water, as the sun begins to peek over the horizon, Paolo Fanciulli,
an artisanal fisherman born and bred in Talamone, steers his small boat, the
Sirena, across the turquoise sea and toward the cove-lined Monte Argentario
peninsula.
“I’ve spent so much time in these waters that I’m practically a fish myself,”
says the 62-year-old, known by many as
Paolo il Pescatore, or Paolo the
Fisherman. “I’m compelled to protect it. It’s my home, my true love.”
But beyond their otherworldly beauty resembling a glorious aquatic El Dorado,
these submerged sculptures are playing a novel yet effective role in halting
illegal fishing in the region."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
