Pinocchio - San Diego, California
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 32° 46.102 W 117° 09.932
11S E 484496 N 3625620
A whimiscal statue of Pinocchio on top of a toy store facade.
Waymark Code: WMCJ18
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member DnRseekers
Views: 3

A long-nosed Pinocchio with a yo-yo, a bright red cap and shirt sits on top of the storefront at Geppetto's toy store in San Diego's Fashion Valley Mall.
From Wikipedia (visit link) :

"Pinocchio is a fictional character that first appeared in 1883, in The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, and has since appeared in many adaptations of that story and others. Carved from a piece of pine by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a small Italian village, he was created as a wooden puppet, but dreamt of becoming a real boy. The name Pinocchio is a Tuscan word meaning "pine nut"."
Character Type: Literature

Character originator: Carlo Collodi

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Address or Location:
at Geppetto's toy store in San Diego's Fashion Valley Mall.


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