Here's a fine selection of monuments that should bring joy to the heart of any fantasy fan. I've tried to steer away from smaller scale statues toward sizable monuments.
Got any more?
Royal Hunt, Kyzyl, Russia
Sword Monument, Stavanger, Norway
Angel of the North, Gateshead, England
Sword Arch, Baghdad, Iraq
King Decebal monument, Romania
Mother Homeland, Kiev, Ukraine (62m, 102m with plinth)
Lapu Lapu, Manila, Philippines
Chacabuco, Chile
Commemorating the Didgori battle, Georgia
Call of the Motherland. Volgograd, Russia (85m)
Guan Di, Jingzhou, China (53m)
Leonidas, Thermopyles, Greece
Vercingetorix, Alise-Sainte-Reine, France
Yerevan, Armenia
Anonymous, Budapest, Hungary
Genghis Khan, Tsonjin Boldog, Mongolia (40m)
Capall Mor, Kerry, Ireland
Hermansdenkmal, Westphalia, Germany
African Renaissance, Collines des Mamelles, Senegal (49m)
Angel, Cumbernauld, Scotland
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Hermansdenkmal in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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ReplyDeleteHermann (Arminius), a Cheruscan chieftain, spearheaded the struggle to defend German tribes against a Roman imperial army. In time the Hermann story became a legend and Hermann a symbol of strength and unity in preserving freedom.
New Ulm, Minnesota
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ReplyDeleteAndrzej Pityński's Mściciel (Avenger) is dedicated to Polish soldiers. This monument is also sometimes called the "Hussar" or "Polish Hussar" because the figure is that of a 16th century Polish Hussar in full armor. These elite heavy cavalrymen were known for their signature 'wings'.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Here's a nice naked man bravely battling four baby genies, from Frogner Park, Oslo. We ought to see more of this kind of stuff in fantasy :) http://i.imgur.com/O4RDk.jpg
ReplyDeleteIceland, friends. That's where it's at. Their most notable monument is the sweetest Gothic church I've ever seen + a statue of Lief Erickson. http://speesh.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/leif-ericson.jpeg https://apetcher.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/img_6935.jpg
ReplyDelete1300 years of Bulgaria in Shumen, Bulgaria. It's not one but a series of statues in a monument complex. Looks like the insides of Moria. http://www.kathmanduandbeyond.com/monument-1300-years-bulgaria-shumen-bulgaria/
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