{"id":40743,"date":"2020-11-26T11:40:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T11:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=40743"},"modified":"2020-11-26T11:40:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T11:40:35","slug":"as-maradona-rests-murals-immortalise-his-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/as-maradona-rests-murals-immortalise-his-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"As Maradona rests, murals immortalise his legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fireworks sounded off, flares lit the night sky and chants of &#8220;There is only one Maradona&#8221; filled the air in Naples as fans created a scene fitting to the personality their hero.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">More than 30 years since Diego Maradona led the city to football glory, fans gathered in front of his most prominent mural &#8212; a nine-story portrait in the neighborhood of San Giovanni a Teduccio, painted by local artist Jorit Agoch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/football-legend-maradona-dies-age-60\/\">&#8211;\u00a0Football legend Maradona dies aged 60<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/fans-are-back-where-you-can-attend-sports-events-as-lockdown-ends\/\">&#8211;\u00a0Where you can attend London sports events as lockdown ends<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Argentina legend, who <a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/football-legend-maradona-dies-age-60\/\">died in his Buenos Aires home at the age of 60 on Wednesday<\/a>, had reached deity-status to the people of the city that he led to its first two Serie A titles in 1987 and 1990 during his seven-year stint at Napoli.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Napoli fans flocked to Diego Maradona&#39;s mural in Naples to remember their club&#39;s most iconic player. \ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o8iQ8knNrB\">pic.twitter.com\/o8iQ8knNrB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka Live (@Squawka_Live) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka_Live\/status\/1331676028645879810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Artwork of the football great is frequent around the world, no more so than in the cities that he held his closest ties: his birthplace Beunos Aires and Naples.\u00a0As news of Maradona&#8217;s passing spread around the world, murals paying homage to the midfielder became hotspots in which to pay respect.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People have started a candlelight vigil by a Diego Maradona mural in Naples, Italy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bPMB47cYnE\">pic.twitter.com\/bPMB47cYnE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNFC\/status\/1331667526711914497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Murals have long been a way to re-tell the story of Maradona&#8217;s rollercoaster life. Narrow, urban streets around the world are littered with them.<\/p>\n<p>In La Plata, a province in Buenos Aires, Argentina, fans of Gimnasia created a frame-by-frame mural depicting Maradona&#8217;s 1986 World Cup quarter-final winner, later labelled the &#8220;Goal of the Century.&#8221; The Argentinian government has declared a three-day national mourning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00a1Siempre Maradona! \u00a1Genio! \u00a1Genio! \u00a1Genio! Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta&#8230; GOOOOOOL<\/p>\n<p>A mural dedicated to the goal of the century against England in &#39;86<\/p>\n<p>[via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ferosoriano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ferosoriano<\/a>] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KzFPBxavWK\">pic.twitter.com\/KzFPBxavWK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GOLAZO (@golazoargentino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/golazoargentino\/status\/1322557987697922048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A new mural celebrating Diego Maradona went up in Buenos Aires for his 60th birthday \ud83c\udfa8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FZg3xn51JM\">pic.twitter.com\/FZg3xn51JM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; B\/R Football (@brfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brfootball\/status\/1322288217455034368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/thelogladyknows\/status\/1331719544381968385?s=20<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remembering the great Maradona murals all around La Boca, Buenos Aires <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1axAlZ02Hh\">pic.twitter.com\/1axAlZ02Hh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ramsey Bayati (@ramsbayati) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ramsbayati\/status\/1331740113051717632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From Binnish, Syria to New York City, artists around the world have repeatedly taken to the streets paint the legacy of a global star.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A painter draws a portrait of Maradona on the walls of a destroyed home in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Diego&#39;s legacy will live on across the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/81mlzOLPu5\">pic.twitter.com\/81mlzOLPu5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GOAL (@goal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goal\/status\/1331881253059047429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcf7| Flowers are placed by a Mural of Maradona<br \/> in New York City <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2LtTRV1O4G\">pic.twitter.com\/2LtTRV1O4G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; HQ PHOTOS | \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 (@ARG_HQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARG_HQ\/status\/1331728891975786498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The upcoming Maradona movie! Amazing mural in Melbourne! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hBgPtP3uGr\">pic.twitter.com\/hBgPtP3uGr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Peter Paleologos (@PaleologosPeter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaleologosPeter\/status\/1149973363823038464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Football artist and graphic designer Stephen Gulbis created an unused portrait of Maradona for\u00a0Asif Kapadia&#8217;s 2019 documentary on the midfielder. 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