Davide Gelso Sculpture of our Lord Survives Wild Fire, Everything Else Burned.

An olive tree from Salento, already dead from xylella.

Davide Gelso has it removed from the field to sculpt it.

Shortly after… the fire ravages the entire area.

The other olive trees go up in smoke.

He, already removed, escapes the flames.

 

Today the sculpture stands intact amid the ashes.

The Savior has been saved

 

GROK: "Yes, it’s verified. “Il Salvatore salvato” by Davide Gelso is a sculpture carved from an olive tree from Salento that died from Xylella. The tree was removed from the field just before a fire that burned the others. The work exists and has been exhibited. The Christ of Saumos also withstood the flames of the Gironde fires in July 2026."