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The Watts Towers, Towers of Simon Rodia, or Nuestro Pueblo ("our town" in Spanish) are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural towers, architectural structures, and individual sculptural features and mosaics within the site of the artist's original residential property in Watts, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Dec 24, 2021 · Dec. 24, 2021 5 AM PT. A hundred years ago, in what was then the semi-rural farming community of Watts, a 40ish-year-old Italian immigrant laborer named Sabato Rodia bought a little home on a...
Feb 15, 2023 · The Watts Towers are the vision of one man, an Italian immigrant who worked, with no outside help and only the most elemental tools, nearly every day for 34 years to build the world-famous monument.
Feb 7, 2010 · The Watts Towers in the Watts district of Los Angeles, California, are a collection of 17 interconnected structures, two of which reach heights of over 99 feet (30 m). The Towers were built...
Mar 27, 2018 · The Watts Towers are a testament to perseverance, and one of Los Angeles’ best examples of outsider art. Built over the course of 33 years by Simon Rodia—an Italian immigrant who made his living in construction—the architect purchased a lot on 107th Street in Watts in 1921 and began his masterpiece.
Watts Towers. Los Angeles, California, USA, North America. Top choice in Los Angeles. The three 'Gothic' spires of the fabulous Watts Towers rank among the world’s greatest monuments of folk art.
The Watts Towers structure, consisting of seventeen major sculptures was created by Italian immigrant Sabato “Simon” Rodia out of steel covered with mortar and embellished by the decorative finishings of mosaic tiles, glass, clay, shells and rock. There is no welded inner armature.
The Official Website of the Watts Towers Arts Center Campus. Home of the Architectural Sculpture created by Simon Rodia.
Built by Italian immigrant Sabato “Simon” Rodia, the Watts Towers in South Los Angeles are considered by the city to be one of the region’s most important works of art. Rodia moved to Watts in 1920 at a time when the neighborhood was undergoing rapid change.
Feb 25, 2022 · It took Simon Rodia 35 years to build the Watts Towers with nothing but his hands and a few simple tools. It is mostly made of steel rebar, wire mesh, concrete and just about anything else he...
