The Fucine Inlet is a Neo-Classical style work built by using local stone blocks for the main body of the building , carved out of the quarries that were located in the mountainous territory of Capistrello . It develops on two levels , the lower one below the plane of site which is almost high and contains the safety systems , and the higher one which houses the engine-room . In the centre , on a block rises the about statue in local stone depicting the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary , which was re-built after the 1915 earthquake . A crescent of moon was fixed at its base , while a twelve-star crown lies upon the Virgin 's head . The bronze elements call up the Biblical Apocalypse . Of the original statue , which collapsed following the 1915 Marsica earthquake , only some fragments remain , which are exposed in the park of Villa Torlonia . The so-called '' Madonnone dell ' Incile '' ( literally , " Big Madonna of the Inlet " ) rises above the three-arched bridge of the sluice gates
1915 earthquake
1915 Avezzano earthquake
Fucine Inlet