@clemreye: Located in Lavarone, in the Italian region of Trentino, Drago Vaia Regeneration is a monumental wooden dragon sculpture created by artist Marco Martalar. Measuring approximately 16 metres long and 7 metres tall, it was built using roots and wood from trees that fell during Storm Vaia in 2018, which devastated forests across the Italian Alps. The original dragon was destroyed by an arson attack in August 2023. Rather than letting the sculpture disappear forever, Martalar decided to create a new, even more impressive dragon. Completed in 2024, the new artwork incorporates the surviving charred remains of the original sculpture, alongside wood that the artist deliberately burned to give it its distinctive black appearance. Today, the dragon stands as a powerful symbol of resilience, rebirth and the relationship between humanity and nature. What was once a natural disaster, followed by an act of destruction, has become an extraordinary work of art that transforms damaged wood into something remarkable. #DragoVaia #WoodSculpture #Italy #LandArt #Travel

lordgreentoe :

"rebuilt using its own chard wood"

Pixie, local Problem™ :

"what is better- to be born wood... or to overcome your burnt nature through great effort?"

H8T1kT0k :

Don’t know how to tell you this, that’s not a dragon that’s a wyvern

T Deuze :

thats metal as fuck

Will :

Why does it look like a Managarmar from Ark?

hyperstition :

it's a spriggan dragon

Ton-Ton Ibrahim :

reborn from the flames

Tonyrhb :

I don’t understand why people think that they should destroy things that people have created!! Something like this takes hours days sometimes weeks to build such things as this, and yet people think that it’s fun or to make a video of it just so they can get a bunch of views. to destroy something that someone worked very hard to create makes me sick!! This is a beautiful work of art and I applaud the creator for rebuilding it with the materials that was left over!!👏👏👏 BRAVO TO THE ARTIST!! This is a symbol of strength, resilience, and Ed Sheeran will to never give up!!

MaleneB :

There actually is a technique for preserving wood where it is charred to avoid rot, making it last longer.

Hobbit at heart :

Now a dragon phoenix

Robin :

I’ve been there one of my favorite places

Ryen Talley :

HE LIVES!!

alcrimista ✒️ editor :

"fire cannot kill a dragon"? ❤️

Walter Acevedo :

Raise Dead Shout!

Denice Wood30 :

Beautiful

Fieldster761 :

A statue of true resilience.

Harry :

imagine just going for a walk and seeing this from far away

sandra :

I don't know how anyone can look at something so awesome and think yeh I'm going to destroy it by setting it on fire

Painter :

So now it's an undead dragon, great idea. 🙄

Vvtwolf101 :

to those who know the different subclasses of dragons and know this is a wyvern just take a step back and realize like I had to that its still a dragon and no different than some saying oh that's bee even though there are multiple different species of bee.

Alex :

they thought they could burn a dragon?

Brian :

Genuinely one of the tuffest things ever

hexomega835 :

Paarthurnax!

Kinkajou :

stopgetsomehelp :

who tf would destroy such a thing its fuckin epic