Alfredo Bai [SEP] place of death
Alfredo Bai
Alfredo Bai (born Turin, November 27, 1913 – died Giaveno, June 1980) is an Italian sculptor.
Bai worked in the "Arsenale di Torino", before he served as soldier in the guerrilla operation in the Valli di Lanzo during World War II. In the 1950s he discovered his vocation for sculpture, and realized different works in the whole Piedmontese region.
"Cristo delle Vette".
His most significant work is certainly "Cristo delle Vette", a monumental statue in bronze of
ski warfare company, in Aosta. He had the command over the 37th Alpine Company during its mission to carry and place the monumental statue of Christ (by Alfredo Bai) on the top of the Balmenhorn in 1955. From 1960 to 1965 he was commander of the "Scuola Militare Alpina" with the rank of a Tenente Colonnello.
Picco was the first president of the "Associazione Sport Invernali Valle d'Aosta" (ASIVA) and was advanced to General later. He was still active as a mountain guide of the "