by Susan | Sep 25, 2023 | Monuments
The Statue of Peace (the seated figure on the right of the photo) was donated to the city of Udine in 1819 by Emperor Francis I to commemorate the peace Treaty of Campoformido. It is located in the Piazza Liberta. Udine is in the far northeast of Italy, not far from...
by Susan | Aug 28, 2023 | Monuments
The Senator George Mitchell Peace Bridge is a road bridge across the border of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It replaced an earlier structure to the east, known as the Aghalane Bridge, that was destroyed in 1972 by Irish Unionists during the Troubles....
by Susan | Aug 21, 2023 | Monuments
This bronze statue by José Puche was dedicated on Plaza de la Reina on November 23, 1998. On its pedestal it has an inscription that says: La Paz y la Concordia son hijas de la razon y de la mente. (Peace and Concord are daughters of reason and mind.) The nude woman...
by Susan | Aug 7, 2023 | Monuments
The colliery that was sunk in Newcraighall in 1897 promised work and wages for 100 years: the coal mine became known as “The Klondyke,” It closed, in 1968, because of geological problems. Newcraighall is a southeastern suburb of Edinburgh. Installed in...
by Susan | Jul 10, 2023 | Monuments
I know you are wondering: yes, he is THAT Earl Grey, of tea fame. But oh, he was so, so much more. Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC (13 March 1764 – 17 July 1845) was a member of the Whig Party and a long-time leader of several reform movements, most famously the...
