Sculpture in Colombia Shows Amazing Image of Unborn Baby

Along the roadside of a small town in South America, a beautiful sculpture of an unborn baby is carved into the side of a hill.

The giant sculpture, created by pro-life artist Dubian Monsalve, has been catching the eyes of passersby – and millions of people world-wide through social media – for more than a decade.

This week, the image of the unborn baby received attention again when Catholic journalist Sachin Jose shared a photo of it on Twitter.

This is the “sculpture of an unborn baby carved on a mountain in Colombia by artist Dubian Monsalve, who believes that ‘life is valuable from its conception to its end,’” Jose explained.

Monsalve created the sculpture in 2012 as a project for his college degree at the National University of Colombia in Medellin, according to AFP Fact Check, an international news agency based in France.

The news outlet confirmed that the piece, nicknamed “Pregnant Mountain” by local residents, is located along a roadside in the town of Santo Domingo, Antioquia, Colombia.

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Monsalve told the Catholic news outlet ACI Prensa in 2015 that he created the sculpture as “a tribute to life.”

“I am a believer and I believe that life is worth everything,” he said at the time (translated from Spanish). “The ‘Pregnant Mountain’ also represents the woman who gives life because life is worth a lot from its conception to its end.”

Monsalve told AFP that the piece also serves as a symbol of hope after the violence that millions of Colombians suffered in the 1990s under a corrupt government, drug cartels and guerrilla warfare.

“This work is in memory of those who were dispossessed of their land and their lives,” he said (translated from Spanish).

Not just for Colombians, Monsalve said he hopes his depiction of the unborn baby serves as a message to people everywhere that life is valuable and worth fighting for.

“Don’t be afraid, it’s a word that Jesus himself taught us…” he told ACI Prensa in 2015. “We cannot shut up or silence ourselves. I really enjoyed doing that work because it also encompasses a very universal message about life … a message to defend life from its beginning to its end and that it is not worth giving up simply because of the prejudices of the world or because of the criticism of the world. It is simply having strength, being brave, and risking holding your thoughts, your ideas, and being a Christian artist.”

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