Mortar Shortage in Rome?

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Apparently artist Jan Vormann has been going around villages near Rome and patching ancient masonry with Lego. I'm not really sure what more to say about this, except that it seems perfectly reasonable to me.

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Wow, that's beautiful!

Heh...Fun way to mess with future archaeologists.....

By David Harmon (not verified) on 11 Aug 2008 #permalink

He's not going to continue doing this, because his career is in ruins.

More, please.

Well done to John Ohab and Tim Gane, I've just had my first good, honest, belly-laugh for a long while thanks to you boys. The old ones are the best.
I was going to have a crack, but I bricked it in the end.

By Haggisbreeder (not verified) on 31 Aug 2008 #permalink

Amazing! How very creative. And a big thank you to the commenters.

I love that it's near Rome. I'm sure we'd all like to see a Lego Pope.

All in all it's just another brick in the wall...

By Nick Croft (not verified) on 22 Sep 2008 #permalink