Mamut is a sculpture situated in Barcelona's Parc de la Ciutadella, near the Cascada Monumental. A work by the Catalan sculptor Miquel Dalmau, it was inaugurated on December 12, 1907. Made of painted reinforced concrete, it represents a mammoth at natural scale.
It was the only one of twelve sculptures of extinct animals intended for the park. The project was proposed by geologists Norbert Font i Sagué, Jaume Almera i Comas, and Artur Bofill i Poch, who were members of the Junta de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona.
The sculpture has undergone restoration in 1981 and 1998. It continues to stand as a prominent piece of artwork within the public space.
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