by Susan | Jan 16, 2017 | Monuments
Bebelplatz, on the south side of Unter den Linden, was conceived by Friedrich II in the 1750’s as a central area for science and the arts for Berlin. It contains the Opera house (home to the famed Berlin Symphony), St. Hedwigs Cathedral and the old library of...
by Susan | Jan 9, 2017 | Monuments
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas), was designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold. It consists of a 4.7-acre site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or “stelae”, arranged in a...
by Susan | Jan 2, 2017 | Monuments
“The Caller” is in the middle of Straße des 17. Juni, facing the Brandenburg Gate. A quotation from the Italian poet Francesco Petrarch is inscribed on the base: “I wander through the world and cry ‘Peace, Peace, Peace.’ This bronze sculpture is 3...
by Susan | Dec 26, 2016 | Monuments
The “Children of the World” sculpture was started in 1988 when author Simon Flem Devold randomly selected seven children from seven countries – Tanzania, Brazil, USA, Japan, Thailand, Italy and Russia — to visit the North Cape to dream of “Peace on Earth“.” ...
by Susan | Dec 19, 2016 | Monuments
This bronze statue, sometimes called “The Palm of Peace,” is in the courtyard of the National Palace, on the site of the signing of a peace to end Guatemala’s 36-year-long civil war in 1996. This statue represents two left hands reaching up,...
by Susan | Dec 12, 2016 | Monuments
The Bernard Lown Peace Bridge that crosses the Androscoggin River honors Dr. Bernard Lown, a world-renowned cardiologist & peace activist. Born in Lithuania on June 7, 1921, Dr. Lown and his family emigrated to the USA in 1935 & settled in Lewiston. He...
