by Susan | Dec 4, 2023 | Monuments
The sculpture “Peace and Freedom,” designed by sculptor Manuela Aranha, was dedicated on October 21, 1988 at Praça da Autonomia, Avenida do Mar, but was later placed in this site which was renamed Largo da Paz (Peace Plaza.) It was a gift to the city from...
by Susan | Nov 27, 2023 | Monuments
Also called the Candle of Thanksgiving (Romanian: Lumânarea Recunoştinţei), this monument is built on the rocks over the Nistru (aka Dniester) River in memory of the cultural monuments in Moldova that were destroyed in the past (particularly during World War II and...
by Susan | Nov 20, 2023 | Monuments
A Gathering at the Crossroads pays tribute to voting rights, Harrisburg’s Old Eighth Ward, and four African American civil rights leaders of the 19th century: Thomas Morris Chester, Jacob T. Compton, William Howard Day, and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. It was...
by Susan | Nov 13, 2023 | Monuments
“Ali and Nino” is a 26 foot tall moving steel sculpture by Georgian sculptor Tamara Kvesitadze. Located in the seaside city of Batumi, Georgia, the two figures represent a Muslim boy, Ali, and a Georgian princess, Nino, from a famous 1937 novel by Azerbaijani author...
by Susan | Nov 6, 2023 | Monuments
World War I ended here in Compiègne . On November 11th, 1918 the Armistice drawing hostilities to a close was signed in this place, in a Wagons-Lit railway dining car, in utter secrecy, after two days of negotiations. After the war, the area was turned into a...
by Susan | Oct 30, 2023 | Monuments
This sculpture by Ronald Rae is in the Town Park. It was commissioned by Glenrothes Development Corporation to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the New Town. Rae based his sculpture on the 1987 King’s Cross London tube disaster after seeing the fireman carry...
by Susan | Oct 23, 2023 | Monuments
This statue of civil rights martyr Viola Liuzzo was installed in a Northwest Detroit park bearing her name on July 25, 2019. It was sculpted by Austen Brantley. The accompanying plaque tells her story: Viola Fauver Gregg Liuzzo(April 11, 1925-March 25, 1965) Viola...
by Susan | Oct 16, 2023 | Monuments
The New Zealand National Memorial to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd was erected below the lookout on Mt Victoria, in honor of polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd, US Navy. It was unveiled on 11 March 1962, the fifth anniversary of Byrd’s death. Originally covered...
by Susan | Oct 9, 2023 | Monuments
QUAW was an enslaved man living in Barbados in the early 19th century, captured in Guinea at 13 and emancipated by age 37. In 2013, a part of the University of The West Indies at Cave Hill was named Quaw’s Quest, with the unveiling of a monument depicting replicas of...
by Susan | Oct 2, 2023 | Monuments
After a number of violent crimes that occurred in the community, several Duluthians saw a need to address the community healing through commemorative artwork. The sculpture is a cast bronze of several forearms and hands which at the top rest a dove, with wings...
