Monday’s Monument: Candle of Gratitude, Soroca, Moldava

Monday’s Monument: Candle of Gratitude, Soroca, Moldava

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...
Monday’s Monument: Ali and Nino,  Batumi, Georgia

Monday’s Monument: Ali and Nino, Batumi, Georgia

“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...
Monday’s Monument: The Peace Ring, Compiègne, France

Monday’s Monument: The Peace Ring, Compiègne, France

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...
Monday’s Monument: Quaw’s Quest, Cave Hill, Barbados

Monday’s Monument: Quaw’s Quest, Cave Hill, Barbados

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...
Monday’s Monument: The Arising, Duluth, Minnesota

Monday’s Monument: The Arising, Duluth, Minnesota

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...