Tag: Statue
Statue of German colonial officer removed in Namibia
The controversial statue in Windhoek, Namibia’s capital, was removed after pressure from activists. The 2.4-meter-long bronze statue of the German colonial officer Curt von François in Windhoek was removed from…
Zinédine Zidane inaugurates his third statue at the Grévin museum
The statue of the former number 10 of the French team has been brought up to date, after a new photo shoot and new casts so that it ages at…
Statue of Kalla vandalized – and restored
— I can’t imagine that anyone dislikes Charlotte Kalla, who is loved throughout the skiing world. It seems to have been a pure act of rascality by people who are…
Six years after the July 14 attack in Nice, a statue unveiled in memory of the victims
On July 14, 2016, after the fireworks, a white truck launched at full speed on the Promenade des Anglais, in Nice, killed 86 people in its mad dash and injured…
The statue of Manneken Pis in the Rolling Stones before a concert in Brussels
On the occasion of the Rolling Stones concert in Brussels on Monday night, fans of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have dressed the iconic statue in band clothes. The change…
Estonia rejoices at the return of Finnish tourists – “A statue should be erected in Pärnu to an unknown Finnish pensioner,” says the hotel boss
The corona pandemic collapsed the number of Finnish tourists visiting Estonia. Now the Finns are back and the Estonian tourism industry finally dares to breathe a sigh of relief. BARN…
Thieves steal a statue of a child’s grave in Utrecht: “You could already see her head from a distance when you approached”
“The grave is the place where we come to think of her, to have conversations with her and to stroke her head for a while. The disappearance of the statue…
Thieves steal bronze statue from child’s grave in Utrecht: “You could already see her head from afar when you came running”
“The grave is the place where we come to think of her, to have conversations with her and to stroke her head for a while. The disappearance of the statue…
Statue of Liberty
Magazine Navigate by keyboard Previous Next At the southern tip of Manhattan, the Freedom enlightening the world stands on an islet facing the port since 1886. An American icon, this…
Zidane’s ‘headbutt’ statue to be relocated to museum
The statue immortalizing Zinédine Zidane’s “headbutt” on Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final, removed from the Doha Corniche in 2013, will be reinstalled in the new Sports Museum.…