...beside the Greenway, on the pier south of the Intrepid.

"From Palermo came the most massive presentation of the parade -- the grand Carro Trionfale, or Carriage of Triumph, which celebrates Santa Rosalia, the patron saint of Palermo. Made entirely of wood, iron, and silver, the carriage is nearly 36 feet long, 26 feet tall, over 16 feet wide, and weighs in at nearly 11,000 pounds. The carriage is more sculptural art than float in showing the city of Palermo, the mountains it abuts, and a hand-carved sculpture of Santa Rosalia, who saved the city from the black plague in 1624. The carro, which has been used in Palermo's Festino di Santa Rosalia for the past four years, is a gift from the City of Palermo to the Columbus Citizens Foundation. It was pulled up Fifth Avenue by oxen."