{"id":60533,"date":"2020-01-27T09:22:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T09:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60533"},"modified":"2020-01-27T09:22:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T09:22:39","slug":"karachi-worlds-tallest-mural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-worlds-tallest-mural.html","title":{"rendered":"Karachi gets world\u2019s tallest mural"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The \u2018world\u2019s tallest mural\u2019 was unveiled in Karachi on the TPL Tower (Centrepoint) on Sunday, a news source reported. The development of this 286-foot-tall attraction, named \u2018Rising Blue\u2019, comes as part of the International Public Art Festival (IPAF) \u2013 an initiative of \u2018I Am Karachi\u2019 &#8211; currently underway in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-red-line-biogas-cattle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Karachi Breeze Red Line buses to be powered by biogas (opens in a new tab)\">Karachi Breeze Red Line buses to be powered by biogas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Italian artist Giuseppe Percivati designed the mural. According to Italian Consul-General Anna Ruffino, the artist had work in Karachi for various IPAF projects. She added that the mural\u2019s design was aimed at sending a message of peace and friendship, along with raising awareness for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sepa-resolves-over-200-environmental-violation-complaints.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"environment (opens in a new tab)\">environment<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruffino stated that the subject of the mural was conservation of mangroves, especially along Sindh\u2019s coast. Meanwhile, the artist stated that the mural itself took nine days to paint, but it took months to prepare for the project. He added that he came to Karachi in July to identify a location, and found the TPL Tower to be the perfect place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/bahria-town-karachi-superstore-chain.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bahria Town Karachi to have superstore chain; agreement finalised (opens in a new tab)\">Bahria Town Karachi to have superstore chain; agreement finalised<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Percivati said that the people of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-form-separate-body-karachi-master-plan-development.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Karachi  (opens in a new tab)\">Karachi <\/a>were beautiful, and the city can become as beautiful as Rome, Milan, or London. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Referring to the artwork\u2019s symbolic importance, IPAF\nChairman Jameel Yusuf stated that mangroves supported the country\u2019s ecosystem \u2013\nacting as a breeding ground for marine life and birds. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The \u2018world\u2019s tallest mural\u2019 was unveiled in Karachi on the TPL Tower (Centrepoint) on Sunday, a news source reported. The development of this 286-foot-tall attraction, named \u2018Rising Blue\u2019, comes as part of the International Public Art Festival (IPAF) \u2013 an initiative of \u2018I Am Karachi\u2019 &#8211; currently underway in the city. Read: Karachi Breeze Red Line buses to be powered by biogas Italian artist Giuseppe Percivati designed the mural. According to Italian Consul-General Anna Ruffino, the artist had work in Karachi for various IPAF projects. She added that the mural\u2019s design was aimed at sending a message of peace and friendship, along with raising awareness for environment. Ruffino stated that the subject of the mural was conservation of mangroves, especially along Sindh\u2019s coast. Meanwhile, the artist stated that the mural itself took nine days to paint, but it took months to prepare for the project. He added that he came to Karachi in July to identify a location, and found the TPL Tower to be the perfect place. Read: Bahria Town Karachi to have superstore chain; agreement finalised Percivati said that the people of Karachi were beautiful, and the city can become as beautiful as Rome, Milan, or London.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15020],"tags":[16338],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-social-developments","9":"tag-details-on-karachi-gets-worlds-tallest-mural","10":"cat-15181-id","11":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Karachi gets world\u2019s tallest mural - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The \u2018world\u2019s tallest mural\u2019 - named Rising Blue - was unveiled in Karachi on the TPL Tower (Centrepoint) on Sunday.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-worlds-tallest-mural.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Karachi gets world\u2019s tallest mural - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The \u2018world\u2019s tallest mural\u2019 - named Rising Blue - was unveiled in Karachi on the TPL Tower (Centrepoint) on Sunday.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-worlds-tallest-mural.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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