by Susan | May 29, 2023 | Monuments
The Monument was dedicated on June 13th, 1995, in memory of the late Guyanese Historian and activist Dr. Walter Anthony Rodney, for “his indelible contribution to the struggle for National Unity.” Rodney was assassinated in a car bombing in 1980 at the age...
by Susan | May 22, 2023 | Monuments
Bogotanos took the 14,000 firearms collected 2007, melted down on July 9 — International Gun Destruction Day — to create a monument to disarmament in Parque Tercer Milenio, created on the site of El Cartucho, one of the city’s most violent neighborhoods. The...
by Susan | May 15, 2023 | Monuments
The Flame of Peace or “Flamme de la Paix” is a peace monument located on the northwest part of Timbuktu facing the desert. This white construction with rifles, kalashnikovs and rocket launchers embedded in the surrounding concrete is the actual place where more than...
by Susan | May 8, 2023 | Monuments
Macao, a Portuguese colony for 450 years, was turned over to the Chinese in 1999, whence it became a special administrative region. Before the handoff, the Portuguese spiffed up the long-neglected old town, recognizing that the Chinese would be more willing to...
by Susan | May 1, 2023 | Monuments
The Ara Pacis in Medea was built soon after the end of the Second World War as a symbol of the sacrifice of the nation and to represent the hope of a world of peace, liberty and justice. Designed by the architect Mario Bacciocchi , it was dedicated in 1951. The...
by Susan | Apr 24, 2023 | Monuments
There are 7,000 concrete bunkers and fortifications on the beaches along the west coast of the Jutland Peninsula, an ugly reminder of the German occupation during World War II. In the 1990s, Denmark commissioned 24 international artists to commemorate the 50th...
by Susan | Apr 18, 2023 | history, San Antonio insider, tips
San Antonio touts its annual Fiesta as a “party with a purpose.” It traces its origins to 1890 with the first “Battle of the Flowers” parade, commemorating the Texians victory over Santa Anna at San Jacinto. The participants pelted each other...
by Susan | Apr 17, 2023 | Monuments
In 2014, twenty-one years after the Baltic Way united Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with a human chain to protest against the Soviet occupation, a new monument commemorating the event was unveiled in Vilnius. It is a brick wall, close to Vilnius Pedagogical...
by Susan | Apr 10, 2023 | Monuments
The 9′ 8″ statue of an unnamed Quaker man was sculpted in 1883 by Herman Kirn and is a tribute to religious and political tolerance. It was gifted to Philadelphia by John Welsh, a noted citizen of the city and one of Fairmount Park’s former commissioners....
by Susan | Apr 3, 2023 | Monuments
Peace Dove is in the Nasimi Culture and Leisure Park (named after the Azerbaijani poet and philosopher Imaddaddin Nasimi) and has become the symbol of the city. The monument was designed by Vagif Nazirov and architect A. Guliyev. Made of solid concrete, it was...
