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Motto of the Day Today's motto... → I'm not a witch! I'm not a witch! Nominate one today! Picture of the Day Picture of the day The Apennine Colossus is a stone statue, approximately 11 metres (36 feet) tall, in the estate of Villa Demidoff (originally Villa di Pratolino) in Vaglia in Tuscany, Italy. A personification of the Apennine Mountains, the colossal figure was created by Giambologna, a Flemish-born Italian sculptor, in the late 1580s. The statue has the appearance of an elderly man crouched at the shore of a lake, squeezing the head of a sea monster through whose open mouth water originally emanated into the pond in front of the statue. The colossus is depicted naked, with stalactites in the thick beard and long hair to show the metamorphosis of man and mountain, blending his body with the surrounding nature. It is made of stone and plaster and the interior houses a series of chambers and caves on three levels. Initially, the back of the statue was protected by a structure resembling a cave, which was demolished around 1690 by the sculptor Giovanni Battista Foggini, who built a statue of a dragon to adorn the back of the colossus. The Italian sculptor Rinaldo Barbetti renovated the statue in 1876.Sculpture credit: Giambologna; photographed by Rhododendrites Random picture of the day [[Image:|450px]] The Butler Library at Columbia University Image credit: Jbloun1 (talk · contribs) In The News Samantha Harvey Samantha Harvey (pictured) wins the Booker Prize for her novel Orbital. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby announces his resignation as a result of the John Smyth abuse scandal in the Church of England. In Zhuhai, China, 35 people are killed in a vehicle-ramming attack. Alliance for Change, led by Navin Ramgoolam, wins the Mauritian general election. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war Israeli invasion of Lebanon Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Vardis Vardinogiannis Frank Auerbach Bruce Degen Roy Haynes Dorothy Allison Trevor Sorbie Tip of the Day Tip of the day... How to provide a Google search in a link Here is an example of a link which activates a Google search: Tip of the day, on Wikipedia It was built using this wikilink: [[google:"Tip of the day"+site:en.wikipedia.org|Tip of the day, on Wikipedia]] Sometimes it is useful to place a link to a Google search directly in a discussion. You can also use links to predefine an entire search session, and then use a tool like WP:LINKY to open the searches all at once into separate web browser tabs. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Using external search engines   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd}} Optical illusions To see some wacky Optical illusions Click Here Easter Egg Hunt Go on you know you want to xD, loads of fun!