Diego Lives On: Unforgettable Maradona Exhibition Takes Barcelona By Storm

Argentina football legend Diego Maradona is brought back to life in a captivating exhibit currently taking place in Barcelona. This immersive experience features a hologram of the late player as well as a detailed recreation of his childhood home. Following successful runs in Naples and Tel Aviv, the "Diego Vive" ("Diego Lives" in English) exhibition will be available for the next two months in the Spanish city where Maradona had a tumultuous time during his two seasons at FC Barcelona in the early 1980s. Upon entering the exhibition, which spans over 2,000 square metres (21,500 square feet) in central Barcelona, visitors are welcomed by a holographic representation of a young Maradona sporting a Boca Juniors jersey, the team with which he achieved his sole Argentine league title.

They can also take a penalty kick in the style of the player or have their photo taken recreating his notorious goal during Argentina's 2-1 win over England in the quarter finals of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

Maradona thumped in the goal with a raised fist, which he latter dubbed as being scored by the "Hand of God".

"When you are here you feel again that Diego is next to you, and that is the idea, to feel him," said Avelino Tamargo, one of the creators of this travelling exhibition. It is backed by relatives of the player who died in 2020 aged 60 while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot after decades of battling addictions to drugs and alcohol.

The exhibition also features a selection of photos, an immersive video show that tells his life story and a reconstruction of his childhood home in the Villa Fiorito shanty town on the outskirts of Buenos Aires where he grew up, the fifth of eight children.

"For me Maradona was the hero of my childhood, the hero of my whole generation," said Tamargo.

A court in Argentina last week authorised the transfer of Maradona's remains, at his daughter's request, from a cemetery to a mausoleum to be built for him in central Buenos Aires.

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In his homeland he is widely considered the world's greatest footballer and has gained the iconic status of fellow Argentines Che Guevara and Eva Peron.

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