St Paul's Cross

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Paul's Cross by Reginald Blomfield, 1910
Statue of Saint Paul by Bertram Mackennal
St Paul's Churchyard
London, May 2023

“Between 1908 and 1910 a new structure was erected near the site of Paul's Cross, from funds provided by the will of the barrister Henry Charles Richards. Richards had hoped that the medieval preaching cross would be reconstructed, but the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral decided that this would be out of keeping with the architectural setting, Sir Christopher Wren having rebuilt the cathedral in the 17th century. The resulting monument is to a Baroque revival design by Sir Reginald Blomfield, with a statue of Saint Paul by Sir Bertram Mackennal standing on a Doric column of Portland stone. The cathedral authorities' use of Richards's funds aroused a short-lived controversy. In 1972 the monument was listed at Grade II.” (St Paul's Cross, Wikipedia)

Cittadella Nuova

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Chemin de ronde with turret
Cittadella Nuova (New Citadel)
Via di Fortezza
Pisa, November 2024

“The Cittadella Nuova (New Citadel), now called the Giardino di Scotto or Giardino Scotto (Scotto's Garden) is an old fortress in Pisa. The citadel was called ‘nuova’ (new) to distinguish it from the older Cittadella Vecchia on the seaward side of the city. The Cittadella Nuova is located on the extreme opposite side of the city walls of Pisa in Lungarno Fibonacci, on the south bank of the river Arno between the Ponte della Vittoria and the Ponte della Fortezza. Construction began in 1440 during the first period of Florentine rule. In the course of the Pisan revolt and battles which led to the Florentine reconquest of the city, the fortress was damaged and had to be restored by architect Giuliano da Sangallo. This new reconstruction was designed to stand against forces using cannon - one of the first fortresses in Italy to do so.” (Cittadella Nuova, Wikipedia)

Altes Hafenamt

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Altes Hafenamt (Old Port Authority)
Harry-Blum-Platz, Rheinauhafen
Cologne, September 2024

“One of the most beautiful testimonies to Cologne's economic and architectural history is the historic Port Authority building, dating from 1889. It is one of Cologne's landmarks and forms a trilogy with the Power House and the Engine Shed. All three buildings bear the signature of architect Adam Sesterhenn. The two-tone brick facade and the rounded arches of the windows are reminiscent of the Romanesque period. The square clock tower is a true gem. The extension between the Port Authority building and the engine shed, now an inner courtyard with a modern glass and steel structure, was built in 2000. The listed Port Authority building was the headquarters of Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG (HGK) until 2014.” (Das Hafenamt, Das Hafenamt)

Vittorio Emanuele II

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Vittorio Emanuele II (Victor Emmanuel II of Italy) by Giuseppe Gibellini, 1890
Piazzale Risorgimento
Modena, May 2024

“Gibellini's most notable commission was the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II in Modena's Piazzale Risorgimento. Unveiled in 1890, this equestrian bronze statue honors Italy's first king, who died in 1878. Funded by public subscription (raising 45,000 lire), the project took five years due to technical challenges, harsh weather, and refinements. Gibellini collaborated with Bernardo Raggi on the initial roughing of the king's figure, which he then polished extensively. The monument features allegorical elements symbolizing Italian unity and was restored in 2002 to preserve its patina and details.” (Giuseppe Gibellini, Grok)

Elch

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“Elch” (Elk) by Hans Traxler, 2008
Caricatura Museum für Komische Kunst
Leinwandhaus
Weckmarkt, Altstadt
Frankfurt, September 2024

“The Caricatura Museum, official name Caricatura Museum für Komische Kunst, is a museum for comic art in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It shows a in a permanent exhibition works by the artists of the Neue Frankfurter Schule, and additionally exhibitions of contemporary artists. It is part of Frankfurt's Museumsufer (Museum Riverbank). In 2000, a group called Caricatura of the Historical Museum, Frankfurt, began to prepare a museum for comic art in Frankfurt. The Caricatura Museum was opened on 1 October 2008 in the Leinwandhaus in the Altstadt. The permanent exhibition shows works by F. W. Bernstein, Robert Gernhardt, Chlodwig Poth, Hans Traxler, and F. K. Waechter, including literary works and films. It is complemented by readings, book presentations and other events. The trade mark of the museum is a bronze sculpture in front of the building by Hans Traxler. The Elch sculpture carries the names of the eight most important representatives of the Neue Frankfurter Schule, and a two-line poem by F. W. Bernstein, ‘Die schärfsten Kritiker der Elche / waren früher selber welche’ (The harshest critics of the moose / used themselves to be some).” (Caricatura Museum Frankfurt, Wikipedia)

Dome of the Major Prophets

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Dome of the Major Prophets
Basilica della Ghiara
Corso Garibaldi
Reggio Emilia, May 2024

“In the chapel near the door on the right (Pagani chapel) are the Prophets Isaiah, Daniel, Ezekiel, Jeremiah in the pendentives, the eight Virtues in the larger compartments, the eight Angels in the smaller ones in the act of paying homage to the Divinity depicted in the centre, are by Camillo Gavasetti who created them in 1630. The altar decorated with marble and bronze and enriched with the statues of Religion and Prudence is the work of Nicola Sampolo; the painting of the Virgin in the act of asking for the Child Jesus from Saint Francis is by Alessandro Tiarini (1629).” (Temple of the Blessed Virgin of Ghiara, Wikiwand)

Badender Mädchen

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‘Badender Mädchen,’ (Bathing Girl) by Klaus Schwabe, 2000
Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall)
Markt (Market Square)
Leipzig, September 2024

“Just a few meters from the ‘Badender Knabe’, its female counterpart, the ‘Badender Mädchen’, (Bathing Girl) fountain, was installed in a niche on the market-facing façade of the Old Town Hall. Originally, it was adorned with a bronze sculpture by Johannes Hartmann. The original sculpture, stolen on the night of October 7, 1992, depicted a naked girl kneeling halfway on a tree stump with both hands on her hips. Since the installation of a bronze replica by Klaus Schwabe on December 2, 2000, the fountain has returned to approximately its former appearance.” (Fountain in Leipzig, Wikipedia)

Papa Gregorio X

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Papa Gregorio X by Giorgio Groppi, 1998
Giardino Gregorio X
Via Scalabrini
Piacenza, May 2024

“Pope Gregory X (Latin: Gregorius X; c. 1210 – 10 January 1276), born Teobaldo Visconti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 September 1271 to his death and was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order. He was elected at the conclusion of a papal election that ran from 1268 to 1271, the longest papal election in the history of the Catholic Church. He convened the Second Council of Lyon and also made new regulations in regards to the papal conclave. Gregory was beatified by Pope Clement XI in 1713 after the confirmation of his cultus.” (Pope Gregory X, Wikipedia)

Frederick Augustus II of Saxony

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Frederick Augustus II of Saxony by Ernst Hähnel, 1867
Neumarkt
Dresden, September 2024

“In front of the Hôtel de Saxe there is another statue commemorating King Friedrich August II. It was created around 1867, based on designs by Ernst Hähnel.” (Neumarkt, Wikipedia)

Monumento al Correggio

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Monumento al Correggio (Monument to Correggio) by Agostino Ferrari, 1870
Piazza Garibaldi
Parma, May 2024

“The monument dedicated to painter Antonio Allegri also known as Correggio is located next to the Town Hall palace in Garibaldi square. It was sculpted by Agostino Ferrari in 1870. It represents Correggio in the act of observing his own work by placing it with one hand above his knee while with the other placed close to his ear he holds a brush as if to correct his execution, he has been the subject of repeated misfortunes, as when his head while the sculptor was working on the statue or when the same head was struck by lightning in 1982 and fell tumbling to the ground.” (Correggio monument, Parma Welcome)

Memorial to Einstein

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Memorial to Einstein
Staroměstské náměstí, Staré Město
Prague, September 2024

“‘Here, in the salon of Mrs Berta Fanta, Albert Einstein, Professor at Prague University in 1911 to 1912, founder of the Theory of Relativity, Nobel prize winner, played the violin and met his friends, famous writers Max Brod and Franz Kafka.’ The plaque was erected on the wall of the house ‘The Unicorn’ in Prague’s Old Town Square on the 120th anniversary of Einstein’s birth, 14 March 1998. The design, by the sculptor Zdenĕk Kolářský, incorporates a bas-relief profile of the scientist, with a diagram combining the formula E=mc², the silhouette of a violin, and the Charles Bridge and tower.” (Memorial to Einstein, The Prague Vitruvius)

San Martino fountain

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Fountain (19th Century)
Via San Martino
Pisa, November 2024

“The neoclassical marble fountain was built by the engineer Bombicci in the early 1800s. It consists of an imposing fluted column, placed on an octagonal base and surrounded by 16 small columns of the same material.” (Urban Trekking, Comune di Pisa)

RheinauArtOffice

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RheinauArtOffice
Holzmarkt, Rheinauhafen
Cologne, September 2024

“RheinauArtOffice, is located in the Rheinauhafen district. The architectural design was a collaborative effort between Freigeber Architekten (now likely operating as KUBALUX Architekten GmbH) and Stephan Schütt. The construction of the RheinauArtOffice primarily took place between 2007 and 2008, with Microsoft moving into the completed building in 2008.” (RheinauArtOffice, Gemini)

Ludovico Antonio Muratori

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Monument to Ludovico Antonio Muratori by Adeodato Malatesta, 1853
Via Emilia Centro
Modena, May 2024

“Monument located in via Emilia, exactly in front of Palazzo Montecuccoli degli Erri, dedicated to Ludovico Antonio Muratori, historian, scholar and ecclesiastic born in the province of Modena (1672-1750). The work was created in 1853 by the Modenese painter and sculptor Adeodato Malatesta (1806-1891).” (Monumento a Ludovico Antonio Muratori, TourER)

Stoltze-Brunnen

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Stoltze-Brunnen by Friedrich Schierholz, 1892
Hühnermarkt, Altstadt
Frankfurt, September 2024

“The Stoltze Fountain is a fountain built in the 1890s on the Hühnermarkt square in the old town of Frankfurt am Main; it is a listed building. During the reconstruction of the Römer (Römer), from 1981 to 2016, it stood on Friedrich-Stoltze-Platz behind St. Catherine's Church. The Stoltze Fountain is a monument in the Neo-Renaissance style. It was designed by Friedrich Schierholz in honor of the poet and writer Friedrich Stoltze (1816–1891) and erected on the poet's birthday, November 21, 1892, on Frankfurt's Hühnermarkt, in the immediate vicinity of Stoltze's birthplace, Zum Rebstock . The ceremonial inauguration took place on November 2, 1895. The Freedom Fountain, which had stood on the Hühnermarkt since the end of the Second World War, was moved to the Roseneck on the Weckmarkt.” (Stoltze-Brunnen, Wikipedia)

Giano

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Giano (Janus) by Prospero Sogari, 1576
Palazzo Becchi-Magnani
Corso Garibaldi
Reggio Emilia, May 2024

“The Palazzo Magnani, also known as the Palazzo Becchi-Magnani, is a Neoclassical-style palace located on Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi 29 in the historic center of the town of Reggio Emilia in Italy. The original palace was commissioned in the late 16th century by Count Becchi. The location on the then via della Ghiara, now Corso Garibaldi, became a fashionable location for houses of the wealthy in town. The palace is notable for a fine decorated frieze below the roofline and a marble telamon-like figure at the corner of the building, depicting the god Janus, sculpted in 1576 by Prospero Sogari. By the early nineteenth century, ownership of the palace passed to the aristocratic Chioffi family, who refurbished the facade to its present Neoclassical style. In 1917, after various changes in ownership, the house passed to the Magnani family. Luigi Magnani endowed the Magnani-Rocca Foundation to display his art collections at his villa at Mamiano di Traversetolo. This palace, restored by Ivan Sacchetti, was purchased in 1984 by the town from the estate of Luigi Magnani, and is now used for special exhibits.” (Palazzo Becchi-Magnani, Wikipedia)

Badender Knabe

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‘Badender Knabe’ (Bathing Boy) by Carl Seffner, 1909
Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall)
Markt (Market Square)
Leipzig, September 2024

“The ‘Badender Knabe’ (Bathing Boy) fountain is located in a niche in the passageway of the Old Town Hall, connecting the market square to the Naschmarkt. It was created in 1909 during the extensive renovation of the building complex. The bronze sculpture of a naked boy standing on a shell, squeezing a sponge over his head with both hands, is by the Leipzig sculptor Carl Seffner.” (Fountain in Leipzig, Wikipedia)

Camillo Tassi

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Camillo Tassi, 1913
Giardini Margherita
Via Alberoni
Piacenza, May 2024

“Camillo Tassi (Piacenza, 23 September 1849 – Piacenza, 6 March 1912) was an Italian lawyer and politician. Graduated in law in Turin, he was a city councilor, education assessor and provincial councilor in Piacenza. A member of parliament for three legislatures in the far left of Felice Cavallotti, he was an appreciated criminal lawyer, a tenacious defender of the weakest sections of the population. He was second to Cavallotti himself in the duel that caused his death.” (Camillo Tassi, Wikipedia)

Frederick Augustus I of Saxony

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Frederick Augustus I of Saxony by Ernst Rietschel, 1835
Schloßplatz
Dresden, September 2024

“Since May 29, 2008, a sculpture by Ernst Rietschel depicting King Frederick Augustus I, ‘the Just,’ in a seated position has stood on the site of the Albert Monument. Cast in the Lauchhammer art and bell foundry, the monument was erected and consecrated in the Zwinger in 1843. In 1929 it was moved to the Japanese Palace and, thanks to the efforts of the city, the Saxon Academy of Arts, and private sponsors, was moved to a new location in front of the Ständehaus on Schloßplatz in 2008. At the consecration on May 29, 2008, the dedicatory hymn that Richard Wagner composed for the unveiling of the monument in 1843 was sung.” (Schloßplatz, Wikipedia)

Monumento al Parmigianino

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Monumento al Parmigianino (Monument to Parmigianino) by Giovanni Chierici, 1879
Piazza della Steccata
Parma, May 2024

“The Monumento al Parmigianino is a monument dedicated to the Mannerist painter Francesco Mazzola, also known as Parmigianino, located in Parma, Italy. It was erected in 1879 after the unification of Italy. The monument is a white marble statue of Parmigianino, created by Giovanni Chierici, and forms part of a drinking fountain. It is situated in Piazza della Steccata, near the Basilica di Santa Maria della Steccata, where the statue is visible on a small square behind the church.” (Monumento al Parmigianino, AIO)

IMAGE Black light Theatre

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IMAGE Black light Theatre
Národní, Staré Město
Prague, September 2024

“Today the Theatre IMAGE is a theatre company with its own structure and a regular heartbeat. For several years a stable group of creative partners have been the core of the theatre. As a result of their cooperation an ensemble with its own image has grown and established itself in the world of theatre. Performances of special character arise from work of creators co-operating in a friendly atmosphere. The creators started to gather around them a circle of colleagues with the same approach to the idea of theatre. Still, the growing ensemble has retained its own specific image although the structure of the company had to adjust to changing circumstances. This has made the company an unmistakable part of the Prague theatre scene.” (History, IMAGE Black light Theatre)

Kouros Igneus

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“Kouros Igneus” by Alexey Morosov, 2013
Lungarno Gambacorti
Pisa, November 2024

“Alexey Morosov (born September 26, 1974) is a Russian sculptor and painter. He is a graduate of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied under Lev Kerbel. He has been the director of the Moscow Academic Art School since 2013. He has been a member of the Russian Academy of Arts since 2014. He lives and works in Lucca, Italy.” (Alexey Morosov, Wikipedia)

Museum Ludwig

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Museum Ludwig by Peter Busmann and Godfrid Haberer, 1986
Heinrich-Böll-Platz
Cologne, September 2024

“Museum Ludwig, located in Cologne, Germany, houses a collection of modern art. It includes works from Pop Art, Abstract and Surrealism, and has one of the largest Picasso collections in Europe. It holds many works by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. The museum emerged in 1976 as an independent institution from the Wallraf-Richartz Museum. That year the chocolate magnate Peter Ludwig agreed to endow 350 modern artworks — then valued at $45 million — and in return the City of Cologne committed itself to build a dedicated ‘Museum Ludwig’ for works made after 1900. The recent building was designed by architects Peter Busmann and Godfrid Haberer and opened in 1986 near the Cologne Cathedral. The new building was home to both the Wallraf Richartz Museum as well as Museum Ludwig. In 1994, it was decided to separate the two institutions and to place the building on Bischofsgartenstrasse at the sole disposal of Museum Ludwig. In 1999, Steve Keene painted in the museum.” (Museum Ludwig, Wikipedia)

Compianto sul Cristo morto

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“Compianto sul Cristo morto” (Lamentation over the Dead Christ) by Guido Mazzoni, 1479
San Giovanni Battista
Via Emilia Centro
Modena, May 2024

“Duke Rinaldo I founded the church in 1723, on an edifice built in 1190; and where a second one of the 16th century dedicated to Saint Michael formerly stood. The church takes its name form the Saint John of the Good Death’s Brotherhood, to give assistance to those condemned to death, establishing themselves here in 1774. It’s the only Modenese church which is not annexed to other edifices. The typically neoclassical design is by Girolamo Frigimelica Roberti. The round interior is 22 metres high. The balcony conserves an organ by Agostino Traeri of the 18th century. Near the presbytery, Decollation of Saint John by Francesco Vellani (18th century); in the left chapel, a canvas by Antonio Consetti (1734) commissioned by the shoemakers' guild; in the right one, by the same author, Virgin and Saints (1723), for the coachmen’s guild. The balustrades are by the famous Giovan Battista Malagoli. On the wall, there are many eagles, symbol of the Este family. On the right of the main altar, Madonna della Mercede o delle Catene (1897). However, the most interesting work in the church is the ‘Lamentation over the Dead Christ’ by Guido Mazzoni. It is the oldest in the world, as it dates back to 1479. The terracottas have an intense expressiveness and were probably copied from true persons of the time. In the small room before the sacristy there are many blood-thirsty instruments, once used for capital punishment (the friars drugged and forced the condemned to repent). In the area behind the main altar, high-backed wooden chairs were used by the friars during cerimonies. In the sacristy, reliquaries, coffins and an arras used in processions with the Latin verse from the Qohelet book of the Bible ‘vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas’ (that is «vanity of vanities and every vanity»).” (San Giovanni Battista Church, Modena City Guide)

Großer Engel

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Großer Engel (Big Angel)
Römerberg, Altstadt
Frankfurt, September 2024

“The Großer Engel (Great Angel) is a historic building in Frankfurt am Main. It is the northernmost building in the ‘Ostzeile’ (East Row) that borders the Römerberg square, and is the leftmost building from a frontal viewer, with the address Römerberg 28. To the south, the building borders the Goldener Greif (Golden Griffin) building, and to the north, the Markt street opens up. To the east, the Großer Engel (Great Angel) is connected to the Kleiner Engel (Little Angel), so that the two buildings form a historically and architecturally cohesive complex. In 1562, the most ornate private building of the late Gothic period in Frankfurt was built, combining the two aforementioned plots and possibly also some older structures. As a corner house in the once densely built Markt street, with the cathedral rising behind it in the distance, the Große Engel in particular has been and remains one of the most frequently depicted and later photographed motifs of Frankfurt's old town ever since. During the Second World War, the Great and Little Angels were almost completely destroyed during the air raids on Frankfurt am Main, but were largely rebuilt true to the original in 1983-1984 during the reconstruction of the east side of the Römerberg.” (Großer und Kleiner Engel, Wikipedia)

Locus Gromae

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Gromae Locus
Via Emilia San Pietro
Reggio Emilia, May 2024

“Locus Gromae is the point of intersection of the generating axes of the Roman city: the decumanus and the cardo. In the case of Reggio Emilia, the decumanus is represented by the Via Emilia, while the cardo is the axis followed by today's Via Roma. The historian Titus Livius reports that the consul Marcus Aemilius Lepidus in 187 BC, after having defeated the Ligurian tribes settled on the Apennines, provided for the construction of a road connecting the cities of Arimium and Placentia, which took the name of Aemilia from him. Although the sources do not explicitly mention it, undoubtedly the same person is responsible for the construction of the inhabited nucleus of Reggio that maintained its memory in the same topographical denomination. It can therefore be said that Reggio Emilia was truly born with the Via Emilia. The great consular road, in fact, was also the decumanus maximus of Roman Reggio, while the cardo was today's Via Roma. Even today at the intersection of these two roads (in the heart of Reggio) a plaque is visible that recalls ‘the groma’: an ancient Roman measuring instrument that indicated the point of intersection between the two great roads and marked the place from which to begin founding a city.” (Via Emilia, giraReggio)

Baarmanns Hof

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Baarmanns Hof
Markt (Market Square)
Leipzig, September 2024

“Baarmanns Hof was the name of the commercial building at Markt 6 in Leipzig until its reconstruction in 1922, and is still occasionally used today. The house is one of four buildings on the north side of the market square in Leipzig. It is a four-story building with four window axes facing the market square. It is plastered and clad in sandstone on the ground floor. The entrance is from the neighboring house no. 5, to which it is connected internally. The steep, high, slate-covered roof is striking. It has a two-axis dormer between two gabled dormers. Above it, in four rows one above the other, are nine hip dormers decorated with a ball on a shaft. They surround an octagonal roof turret, which is also decorated with balls. The two chimneys at the ends of the roof ridge are dummies.” (Baarmanns Hof, Wikipedia)

Valente Faustini

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Valente Faustini (and a ‘batusa’) by Oreste Labò, 1929
Giardini Margherita
Via Alberoni
Piacenza, May 2024

“In the Giardini Margherita, in front of the train station, there is a monument to the Piacenza dialect poet, Valente Faustini. A strange monument because it depicts a half-length portrait of the poet celebrated here and a full-length portrait of one of his poetic creations, his most famous: the batusa. A term that could be translated, with all the appropriate approximations, as the brazen one, the impudent one. A young woman who is not afraid of anyone, knows her reasons and intends to assert them. She was (or rather they were, because there were many batusa in Piacenza) a feminist antelitteram, a feminist in the flesh who was alive and well before feminism began to be talked about, not only in Italy, but also in the world.” (The feminist who didn't need male laws, Il Piacenza Blog)

Georgsbrunnen

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Georgsbrunnen (George Fountain) by Artur Volkmann, 1904
Dresdner Residenzschloss
Dresden, September 2024

“The Georgsbrunnen is a fountain created in 1904 [ 1 ] by Artur Volkmann in the small courtyard of the Dresden Residence Palace. Leipzig-born Artur Volkmann created the fountain in 1904 in his Rome workshop in memory of King George of Saxony, who died that same year. The commission was the Royal Saxon Ministry of the Interior. The design, exhibited at the Leipzig Art Association, had previously been unanimously recommended for execution by the academic council. The fountain was paid for with funds from the Saxon government's fund for art purposes. The fountain is located between two windows on the south side of the small courtyard of Dresden's Royal Palace. Damaged during the palace's destruction in World War II, it was reopened to the public during the palace's restoration in 2009.” (Georgsbrunnen, Wikipedia)

Piazzale della Pace

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Fountain of Piazzale della Pace
Strada Garibaldi
Parma, May 2024

“The garden is characterised by large English lawns and large paved spaces, bordered by tall plants; next to the Pilotta palace there is a large fountain, designed by Mario Botta on the site of the ancient church of San Pietro Martire, demolished in the Napoleonic era.” (Piazzale della Pace, Wikipedia)

Nový věk

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“Nový věk” (New Age) by Vincenc Makovský, 1958 (1970s copy)
Vinohradská, Vinohrady
Prague, September 2024

“The ‘Nový věk’ (New Age) sculpture was created by sculptor Vincenc Makovský for the Czechoslovak pavilion at the 1958 International Exhibition Expo in Brussels. The original name of the sculpture was ‘Atomový věk’ (Atomic Age). The sculpture received the Grand Prize of the World Exhibition in Brussels. The original sculpture has been placed in front of the main entrance to the Brno Fair and Exhibition Center since 1959, where it has been a protected monument since 1964. A copy of the sculpture is located in Prague. The sculpture shows a man and a woman, between whom is a stylized sun, which is an allegory of the coming atomic age. The man in a cloak, holding scrolls with plans in his hands, represents an allegory of Science , the barefoot woman with a wreath of foliage in an antique-style dress with fruit in her left hand and a sheaf of grain in her right hand represents Agriculture. The sculpture is placed on a reinforced concrete, vertically articulated pedestal with stone cladding. Between the female and male figures is a star-crystal, whose rays diverging to the sides depict a powerful explosion of nascent matter. It is the sun, whose new form of tearing matter Makovsky created as an interpretation of the contemporary view of the universe.” (New Age Sculpture Group, Wikipedia)