by Susan | Apr 1, 2019 | Monuments
The Shaheed Minar (Bengali: শহীদ মিনার Shohid Minar lit. “Martyr Monument”) commemorates those killed during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations of 1952 in then East Pakistan. On 21 and 22 February 1952, students from Dhaka University and Dhaka...
by Susan | Mar 25, 2019 | Monuments
The Martyred Intellectuals Memorial (Bengali: বুদ্ধিজীবি স্মৃতি সৌধ) was built in memory of the martyred intellectuals of the Bangladesh Liberation War. The cornerstone was laid in 1991. On the night of 14 December 1971, over 200 of East Pakistan’s intellectuals...
by Susan | Mar 18, 2019 | Monuments
After WW I and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Cameroon, a German protectorate, was divided into two regions and put under French and British rule. In January 1960, French Cameroon became independent, British Cameroon, 10 months later. In 1972 the two...
by Susan | Mar 11, 2019 | Monuments
The World Peace Prayer fountain sculpture, designed by Hank Kaminsky, was dedicated on New Years Eve 2002. It is a 10′ diameter bronze sphere sculpted in a traditional way with the prayer “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in over 100 languages hand...
by Susan | Mar 4, 2019 | Monuments
This neoclassical sculpture, also known as Angel of the Waters, features an eight-foot bronze angel who stands above four small cherubim representing health, purity, temperance, and peace. The angel herself carries a lily in one hand while the other remains...
by Susan | Feb 25, 2019 | Monuments
A fountain called Earth — Planet of Peace (Zem – planeta mieru) is the centerpiece of Hodžovo Námestie (English: Hodžovo Square, in front of the Grassalkovich Palace. It was sculpted by Tibor Bártfay, Pavel Mikšík, and Karol Lacko and installed in...
