by Susan | Nov 18, 2019 | Monuments
The Ave Quiromantica is a bronze sculpture located on Calle Bolsa, Malaga, Andalusia, Spain. It is half dove and half an open hand, the whole sculpture resting on a marble base. It was based on a sketch done by the poet Rafael Perez Estrada, to whom the monument is...
by Susan | Nov 11, 2019 | Monuments
In 1910 the Nordic Peace Congress in Stockholm decided that a peace monument should be raised on the border between Sweden and Norway to celebrate 100 year of peace between the countries. The building of the peace monument was finished in 1914. The design reflects a...
by Susan | Sep 30, 2019 | Monuments
The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque and India’s Ambassador to Portugal, Nandini Singla, dedicated this bust of Mohandas Gandhi in Praça do Povo (People’s Square) on 5 September, 2019. Gandhi passed through Funchal in 1906 as he traveled from...
by Susan | Sep 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
This work, by sculptor José Esteve Edo, was dedicated in 1987. It is an obelisk, 16 meters high, whose crown is a dove and three reliefs with each of the shields that form the Valencian Community. The monument is dedicated to the workers of the Port of Valencia who...
by Susan | Sep 16, 2019 | Monuments
This sculpture, Together for Peace and Justice, by Xavier de Fraissinette, is in the Parc de la Tête-d’Or in Lyon. It was given to the city to commemorate the G7 conference which was held there in June, 1996. The seven figures represent the G7 nations (Canada,...
