Among his memorable public works are the '' Giro del Sole '' statuary group in Pistoia and the '' I passi d’oro '' ( The Golden Strides ) monument high on a wall on the right side of the Uffizi building on Via dei Georgofili , in memory of the five deaths of the Uffizi bombing in 1993 . For the unveiling of the lateral monument in 2013 , he stated : “ From the first moment ... I wanted to create a work that , rather than simply remembering those who are no longer with us , evokes them in life . I imagined a figure able to bring them back among us . A figure suspended above who seems to emanate from this historic location , a place that also sustained wounds . A figure who represents art and its perennial attempt to overcome tragedy in an act of existence . ... I wanted to use immortal materials such as bronze , but especially gold whose light chases away the shadows . I thought that , on top of a blade that symbolizes death , there should be a figure , like Victory or Nike , who carries the five golden figures along with its decisive stride , remembering these human beings in the fullness of life , in their homes , walking their streets . ... A figure who symbolizes art , whose wanderings are constantly driven by a desire to continue its journey , who has unexpectedly found itself here on the highest wall of one of the world 's most important places under threat from barbarity ”
Uffizi bombing in 1993
Via dei Georgofili bombing
Roberto Barni