Peace Monuments Depicting Angels </head> <body>  <center>Please email your comments & questions to <b>geovisual @ comcast.net</b>. Thank you.</center> <blockquote><blockquote><TABLE BORDER=0> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/angelofpeace/images/angel1.jpg" width="135" height="135">    <img src="http://bell.maripo.com/images/blank.gif" width="100" height="20"> </center></td><td><b><h1>Peace Monuments Depicting Angels</h1></b></table></blockquote> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://mdean.tripod.com/justice.html">Click here</a> for "images of the goddess justice." (Equivalent list for the godeess of peace?)<br>See below for special section on <a href="http://www.davidbarrart.com">"SunSweep"</a> by David Barr. <p>Right click image to enlarge. <TABLE BORDER=2> </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://www.knowledgerush.com/wiki_image/5/57/Brandenburg_gate_sunset_quadriga.jpg" width="120" height="85"> </center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/GERM0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <b>1793</b> - <a href="http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/DE/BerlinBrandenburgGate.html">"Goddess of Peace,"</a> Quadriga, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Gate"><i>Brandenburger Tor</i> / Brandenburg Gate</a>, Berlin (Germany). Interpretation changed after the German victory over France in 1814 when the woman became Victoria, the goddess of Victory by adding a Prussian eagle on an iron cross to her ensemble. Changed again to a symbol of the Third Reich when the Nazis reached power. </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://olm.smugmug.com/photos/217131985_y3j58-L.jpg" width="120" height="85"> </center> </td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNST0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <img src="http://images.statemaster.com/images/flags/NY.png" width="30" height="20"> <b>1873</b> - <a href="http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=virtualpark_southend_bethesdaangel">"Angel of the Waters,"</a> Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, New York City, New York (USA). Sculpted by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Stebbins">Emma Stebbins</a> [1815-1882], the first woman to receive a commission for a major work of art in New York City. "The definitive crown jewel of Central Park. One of the most famous and universally loved fountains in the world. The only sculpture commissioned as part of the original design of the Park. Symbolizes and celebrates the purifying of the city’s water supply when the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_Aqueduct">Croton Aqueduct</a> opened in 1842 bringing fresh water to all New Yorkers. For this reason she carries a lily, the symbol of purity in one hand while her other hand extends outward as she blesses the water below. The idea comes from the Gospel of Saint John, Chapter 5, the story of an angel bestowing healing powers on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Bethesda">Pool of Bethesda</a> in Jerusalem. Beneath the eight-foot gilded bronze statue are four smaller four-foot figures symbolizing Temperance, Purity, Health, and <b>Peace</b>." </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><img src="http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/uploads/angel%20of%20peace%20front%20shot.JPG" width="75" height="100"> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/Eastrock02.JPG/529px-Eastrock02.JPG" width="75" height="100"> <br><img src="http://bell.maripo.com/images/blank.gif" width="155" height="0"> </td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNST0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <img src="http://images.statemaster.com/images/flags/CT.png" width="30" height="20"> <b>1887</b> - <a href="http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Mayor/readmore_fromhomepage.asp?ID=%7B4EFDC5E8-095D-488A-B22F-22597410A31F%7D">Angel of Peace</a>, Soldiers & Sailors Monument, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Rock">East Rock</a>, New Haven, Connecticut (USA). A Civil War peace monument. </table><table border=2> <TR><TD> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Friedensengel_ORA.jpg/435px-Friedensengel_ORA.jpg" width="85" height="110"> <img src="http://www.donklosterman.com/Munich/x3003.jpg" width="120" height="85"> <br><img src="http://bell.maripo.com/images/blank.gif" width="215" height="0"> </td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/GERM0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <b>May 10, 1896</b> - <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedensengel"><i>Friedensengel</i> / Angel of Peace</a>, Maximilian Park, on opposite side of Luitpoldbrücke over Isar River, Munich, Bavaria (Germany). Commemorates the twenty-five years of peace that followed the war of 1870-71. <TD> <img src="http://photos.igougo.com/images/p262989-Munich-Small_temple_at_Angel_of_Peace.jpg" width="120" height="85"></center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/GERM0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <b>Date?</b> - Temple of Peace?, Munich (Germany). </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://www.yeodoug.com/resources/dc_french/white/white_01.jpg" width="100" height="85"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3463/3307079615_a131f3fe24.jpg?v=0" width="120" height="85"> <br><img src="http://bell.maripo.com/images/blank.gif" width="225" height="0"></center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNST0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <a href=""><img src="http://images.statemaster.com/images/flags/MA.png" width="26" height="18"></a> <b>1905</b> - <a href="http://www.yeodoug.com/resources/dc_french/white/dcfrench_white.html">Angel of Peace</a>, George Robert White Memorial, Boston, Massachusetts (USA). Sculpted by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Chester_French">Daniel Chester French</a> [1850-1931]. George Robert White [1847-1922] was "a well known Boston philanthropist who made his fortune with the Weeks & Potter Drug Company." French created many famous memorials, including the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://www.guidemexico.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/MVC-082F.JPG" width="120" height="85"></center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/MEXC0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <b>1910</b> - <a href="http://www.mexicocityvacationguide.com/Independence-Angel.htm"><i>Angel de la Independencia</i> / Angel of Independence</a>, Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City (Mexico). Commemorates the centennial of the beginning of Mexico's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_War_of_Independence">War of Independence</a> [1910-1921]. One of the most recognizable landmarks in Mexico City. A focal point for both celebrations and protests. A <i>lampera votiva</i> / eternal flame (installed in 1929) burns in honor of the principal heroes whose remains are interred within. Base contains bronze sculptures symbolizing Law, War, Justice and <b>Peace</b>. The main face is a bronze statue of a giant lion led by a child representing strength and the innocence of youth during War but docility during <b>Peace</b>. </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-m8WLlLrtlwE/TPNUZ70x-xI/AAAAAAAAS7Y/IGGqt21-DBQ/HPIM7229.JPG" width="65" height="100"> <img src="http://sites.google.com/site/oldguard2008/peace01.jpg" width="65" height="100">  <br><img src="http://bell.maripo.com/images/blank.gif" width="135" height="0"></center></td><td><center><b>S<br>T</br>A<br>T<br>U<br>E</b></center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNST0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <img src="http://images.statemaster.com/images/flags/GA.png" width="30" height="20"> <b>October 1911</b> - <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/oldguard2008/peacemonument">Peace Monument to "The Old Guard,"</a> 14th Street Entrance, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont_Park">Piedmont Park</a>, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). "Commemorates the historic 'Mission of Peace' to the North in 1879 by the <a href="http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Barracks/1938/constitution.htm">Gate City Guard of Atlanta</a>." Depicts a Civil War soldier lowering his rifle as the <b>Angel of Peace</b> holds an <b>olive branch</b> above his head. </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/jones/2.jpg" width="120" height="85">   </center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNKG0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNKG0100.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <b>1912</b> - "Angel of Peace Descending on the Chariot of War," Quadriga, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Arch">Wellington Arch</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park_Corner">Hyde Park Corder</a>, London (England). "By Adrian Jones [1845-1938]. The face of the charioteer leading the quadriga is that of a small boy (actually the son of Lord Michelham, the man who funded the sculpture). The largest bronze sculpture in Europe." Replaced Matthew Cotes Wyatt's gigantic equestrian statue of Wellington that was taken down and not replaced when the arch moved from its first location opposite Apsley House to Hyde Park Corner in 1882-83. </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/193/514137735_b907ad2ae9.jpg?v=0" width="120" height="85"> </center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNKG0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNKG0100.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <b>1912</b> - <a href="http://www.wcities.com/en/record/,214065/202/record.html">Peace Statue</a>, Kings Road, Brighton/Hove (England). Depicts the Angel of Peace. Celebrates <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII_of_the_United_Kingdom">King Edward VII</a> [1841-1910] of England after he brought about peace between Argentina and Chile. </table><p><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4142/4858291731_27caa1f25f_z.jpg" width="85" height="120"> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Square_Phillips_Montreal.jpg/800px-Square_Phillips_Montreal.jpg" width="120" height="85"> <br><img src="http://bell.maripo.com/images/blank.gif" width="210" height="0"> </center></td><td><center><b>A<br>N<br>G<br>E<br>L</b></center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/CANA0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/CANA0112.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <b>October 1, 1914</b> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII_Monument_(Montreal)">Edward VII Monument</a>, Phillips Square, Montreal, Quebec (Canada). Sculpted by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe_H%C3%A9bert">Louis-Philippe Hébert</a> [1850-1917]. "<b>'Lady of Peace'</b> at the base of the monument bears a branch of olive & sword. "Four allegorical figures - Peace, Four Nations, Abundance & Liberty - sit at the base of the monument. Peace, the woman at the front holding the olive branch, keeps a sword hidden in the folds of her skirt, just in case. Four Nations, the western group, represents Montreal’s four founding nationalities - French, Scots, Irish & English - living together in harmony. At the back of the monument, Winged Genius, represents Liberty. The angel has broken the shackles of religious prejudice & persecution and is a reminder that during the king’s reign he extended respect & dignity to all his subjects around the world, regardless of race, colour or creed. And the eastern face, Abundance, represents Canada's material prosperity." <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII_of_the_United_Kingdom">King Edward VII</a> [1841-1910] "fostered good relations between the UK & other European countries, especially France, for which he was popularly called <b>'Peacemaker,'</b> but his relationship with his nephew, Wilhelm II of Germany, was poor. Edward presciently suspected that Wilhelm would precipitate a war, and four years after Edward's death, World War I brought an end to the Edwardian way of life." </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center>  <img src="http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images_v2/002/565/708/20070809/dyn002_original_640_419_pjpeg_2565708_107a4a3d3b55acde49af1ea2bb610707.jpg" width="120" height="85"><img src="http://peace.maripo.com/images/blank.gif" width="5" height="0"><img src="http://beck.library.emory.edu/greatwar/postcard-images/realsize/angels_at_tomb.jpg" width="120" height="85"><br><img src="http://www.abruxelles.be/xmedia/soigner/hopitaux/clinique-edith-cavell.jpg" width="90" height="120"> <img src="http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/3321193.jpg" width="90" height="120"><br><img src="http://peace.maripo.com/images/blank.gif" width="250" height="0"></center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/BELG0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <b>About 1920</b> -<a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3321193">Memorial</a> for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Cavell">Edith Cavell</a> [1865-1915] & <a href="http://www.rmslusitania.info/pages/saloon_class/depage_marie.html">Marie Depage</a> [1872-1915], <a href="http://www.chirec.be/content/default.asp?id=19&key=0301&subitem=03"><i>Clinique Edith Cavell</i> / <i>Kliniek Edith Cavell</i></a>, Edith Cavell Inter-Regional Hospital Centre (CHIREC), rue Edith Cavell 32, Uccle / Ukkel, Brussels (Belgium). Depicts two alegorical figures, one of whom is winged. Erected just after World War I for two female martyrs of the war. Still stands in front the successor institution (lower two images). <a href="http://peace.maripo.com/m_cavell.htm">Click here</a> for more monuments for Edith Cavell. </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center><img src="http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/brooklyn/bushwick/freedomsquare/02victorywithpeace.jpg" width="120" height="85"> </center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNST0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <img src="http://images.statemaster.com/images/flags/NY.png" width="30" height="20"> <b>1921</b> - <a href="http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=11759"> <i>"Victory With Peace"</i> Statue</a>, <a href="http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/brooklyn/bushwick/freedomsquare/index.htm">Freedom Square</a>, Bushwick, Myrtle & Willoughby Avenues, Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York (USA). Square named in 1919. Monument depicts Nike, the Greek Goddess of Victory, leaning forward with an olive branch, the symbol of peace. Memorializes Brooklyn’s losses during World War I. Sculpted by Pietro Montana [1890-1978]. The face of Nike was modeled after Claudia Deloney, a Hollywood actress and friend of film star Gloria Swanson. </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oYIgRNpSwzE/SlvVbwyUdZI/AAAAAAAADsc/54ZnwJjQXTI/s1024/2009+07+13+LeQ+Monument.JPG" width="120" height="85"></center></td><td><center><b>R<br>E<br>L<br>I<br>E<br>F</center> </td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/FRAN0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <b>Date?</b> - Angel of Peace, <a href="http://magiclanternshowen.blogspot.com/2009/07/traces-of-new-zealand-in-france.html">New Zealand Monument</a>, <i>"Le Jardin des Souvenirs"</i>, Le Quesnoy (France). "A bit further on, set right into one of the vast rampart walls, there was a large memorial sculpture. This may be a little hard to make out on the photo, but on the left in English it says: "In honor of the men of New Zealand, through whose valor, the town of Le Quesnoy was restored to France 4th November 1918." The bas relief depicts men climbing the fortified walls of the city and going over the top. Carved into the wall on the area where this could be viewed from were the solemn words: FROM THE UTTERMOST ENDS OF THE EARTH." <img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/NWZE0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> </table><table border=2> <TR><TD>  <img src="http://www.blackpressonline.com/Californiablackhistory.com_files/guerin1.png" width="250" height="50"> <br><img src="http://www.blackpressonline.com/Californiablackhistory.com_files/guerin2.png" width="250" height="50"> </center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNST0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <a href=""><img src="http://images.statemaster.com/images/flags/DC.png" width="26" height="18"></a> <b>May 30, 1922</b> - Murals "Emancipation of a Race" & "Unification," Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC (USA). By <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Guerin">Jules Guerin</a> [1866-1946]. Respectively above the texts of the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address. </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://www.ohiochannel.org/content_files_user/1/scaled_images/450x300/102673.jpg" width="120" height="85"> <img src="http://www.oll.state.oh.us/content_files_user/1/scaled_images/450x300/102674.jpg" width="120" height="85"> <br><img src="http://peace.maripo.com/images/blank.gif" width="245" height="0"> </center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNST0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <img src="http://images.statemaster.com/images/flags/OH.png" width="30" height="20"> <b>1923</b> - <a href="http://library.cincymuseum.org/cwdetails7help.htm">Peace Monument</a>, Capitol Grounds, Columbus, Ohio (USA). Includes two bronze plaques -- one for soldiers and one <b>for those on the home front</b>: "Men win glory in the fierce heat of conflict but the <b>glory of woman</b> is more hardly won. Upon her falls the burden of maintaining the family and the home, nursing the sick and wounded, and restoring the courage of the broken. She endures the suspense of battle without its exaltation. The memorial is erected in grateful tribute to the loyal women of 61-65, without whose help no victory or lasting peace could ever have been won." Image and inscription are from two different web sites. Do they match? </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://www.kittytours.org/thatman2/images/civilwarnurses1.jpg" width="135" height="90"> <br><img src="http://peace.maripo.com/images/blank.gif" width="10" height="0">   <br><img src="http://dckaleidoscope.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/0143.jpg?w=450&h=624" width="65" height="85"> <img src="http://dckaleidoscope.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/0175.jpg?w=450&h=601" width="65" height="85"></center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNST0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <img src="http://images.statemaster.com/images/flags/DC.png" width="30" height="20"> <b>1924</b> - <a href="http://www.kittytours.org/thatman2/search.asp?subject=8">Civil War Nurses</a>, M Street & Rhode Island Avenue, Washington, DC (USA). Bas relief flanked by statues of <b>Patriotism</b> (with shield) & <b>Peace</b> (with wings). Sculpted by Irish sculptor <a href="http://www.annascaul.net/jerome_connor_sculptor.php">Jerome Connor</a> [1874-1943]. Also called 'The Nuns of the Battlefield.' Inscribed, 'They comforted the dying, nursed the wounded, carried hope to the imprisoned, gave in His name a drink of water to the thirsty.' Raised by the Ladies Auxiliary of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Order_of_Hibernians">Ancient Order of Hibernians</a> (AOH), the memorial was originally designed for Arlington Cemetery, until the War Department objected. It was then proposed for location behind the Pan American Union building ... but the Fine Arts Commission objected to that. Finally, Connor downscaled the size of the memorial and got permission to build it at its present site. Then he had to sue the Ancient Order for payment." </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://image.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/peace_monument2.jpg" width="65" height="130"> <br><img src="http://photos6.flickr.com/10912570_8a771b9d4a_m.jpg " width="130" height="90">  </center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNST0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <img src="http://images.statemaster.com/images/flags/TN.png" width="30" height="20"> <b>November 11, 1927</b> - <a href="http://pages.prodigy.net/nhn.slate/nh00150.html">Peace Monument</a>, Battlefield Drive & Granny White Pike, Nashville, Tennessee (USA). Angel of Peace at top. Lower group depicts a youth (the united nation) reigning in two powerful horses (North & South) under a rainbow of peace. Designed by Italian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Moretti">Giuseppe Moretti</a> [1857-1935] most famous for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_statue">Vulcan</a> in Birmingham, Alabama (1904). Originally dedicated on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day">Armistice Day</a> 1927. Rededicated in 1999 after being moved from original base which was encroached by a modern expressway. The 1927 & 1999 bases are identical with the same three inscriptions: Text #1: "The spirit of youth holds in check the contending forces that struggled here in the fierce <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nashville">Battle of Nashville</a>, December 16th, 1864, sealing forever the bond of union by the blood of our heroic dead of the World War 1917-1918." Text #2 from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> [1803-1882]: <b>"A monument like this, standing on such memories, having no reference to utilities, becomes a sentiment, a poet, a prophet, an orator, to every passerby."</b> Text #3 is a poem by state librarian <a href="http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=M120">John Trotwood Moore</a> [1858-1929].  <i>Entry #934 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001).</i>  </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_QSfnXjpy1mM/RzfABHlHnrI/AAAAAAAABC8/AE8pfd0I81E/s640/DSC_0926.JPG" width="120" height="85"></center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/FRAN0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <b>Date?</b> - <i>Pax</i>, National Assembly, Paris (France). Dedicated to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristide_Briand">Aristide Briand</a> [1862-1932], several times prime minister of France, who "received the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize together with Gustav Stresemann of Germany for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locarno_Treaties">Locarno Treaties</a>. (Austen Chamberlain of the UK had won a share of the Peace Prize a year earlier for the same agreement.) A 1927 proposal by Briand and US Secretary of State <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_B._Kellogg">Frank B. Kellogg</a> for a universal pact outlawing war led the following year to the Pact of Paris, aka the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellogg-Briand_Pact">Kellogg-Briand Pact</a>." </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://www.wereldoorlog.be/WO%20II/Begraafplaatsen/img%20Begraafplaatsen/Hamm004.jpg" width="120" height="85">  </center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/LUXE0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <b>1944 or later</b> - <a href="http://www.wereldoorlog.be/Frans/WO2FR/Cimeti%C3%A8res/Hamm_FR.html">Chapel</a>, <a href="http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/lx.php">Luxembourg American Cemetery & Memorial</a>, Hamm (Luxembourg). Three miles east of downtown Luxembourg City. "Au-dessus de la porte de la chapelle, une sculpture haute de 7 mètres représente l'ange de la paix, sa main droite levée en signe de bénédiction, la gauche tenant une branche de laurier. Au sommet, une colombe planant sur un nuage, autre signe de paix." <img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNST0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://images.travelpod.com/users/tomerlin_rs/hiroshima-2006.1144540140.peace_statue.jpg" width="85" height="120"> <img src="http://image40.webshots.com/41/9/41/15/370894115tYsPEx_ph.jpg" width="85" height="120"> <br><img src="http://bell.maripo.com/images/blank.gif" width="175" height="0"> <br><img src="http://bell.maripo.com/images/blank.gif" width="120" height="0"></center></td><td><a href=""><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/JAPA0001.GIF" width="26" height="18"></a> <b>Date?</b> - Unidentified angel monument, Peace Memorial Park?, Hiroshima (Japan). "This statue represents three different religions: Angel's wings for Christianity, the Face of Buddha for Buddhism, and Shinto emblem on belt for Shintoism. It's purpose is to promote peace among all religions." Both images show garlands of origami peace cranes on both sides of the statue. Not on Virtual E-Tour. </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/usa/images/new-york/nyc/cathedral-st-john-divine/peace-fountain-cc-squeakymarmot.jpg" width="120" height="85"></a></center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNST0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <img src="http://images.statemaster.com/images/flags/NY.png" width="30" height="20"> <b>1985</b> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Fountain">Peace Fountain</a>, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Morningside Heights, New York City, New York (USA). By Greg Wyatt, sculptor-in-residence at the Cathedral. "The sculpture depicts the struggle of good and evil, as well as a battle between the Archangel Michael and Satan. The sculpture also contains the Sun, the Moon, and several animals. Although it is called a fountain, there is currently no water on the site." <i>Entry #732 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001).</i> <TD><center><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3085/2910733610_cedc2e65b6.jpg?v=0" width="120" height="85"></center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNST0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <img src="http://images.statemaster.com/images/flags/NY.png" width="30" height="20"> <b>1985?</b> - Peace Angel, New York Peace Garden, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City, New York (USA). Inscribed "PAX." </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/Angel_of_the_North_modified.jpg" width="120" height="85">   </center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNKG0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNKG0100.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <b>February 16, 1998</b> - <a href=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_the_North">Angel of the North</a>, Gateshead (England). Steel sculpture of an angel, standing 66 feet (20 m) tall, with wings measuring 178 feet (54 m) across — making it wider than the Statue of Liberty's height. Designed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Gormley">Antony Gormley</a>. </table><table border=2> <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/80/256483367_ef4b0bb756.jpg?v=0" width="120" height="85">  </center></td><td><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/UNST0001.GIF" width="30" height="20"> <a href=""><img src="http://images.statemaster.com/images/flags/IL.png" width="26" height="18"></a> <b>1999</b> - Angel of Peace, St. James Cathedral, Chicago Episcopal Diocese & Plaza, 65 East Huron, Chicago, Illinois (USA). Nine-foot bronze angel by artist William H. Kieffer. <i>Entry #265 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001).</i> </table><table border=2) <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://visualrian.ru/thumbnails/00000000952/952438.thw" width="85" height="120"> <img src="http://visualrian.ru/thumbnails/00000000952/952437.thw" width="85" height="120"><br><img src="" width="120" height="0"><br><img src="" width="175" height="0"></center></td><td><a href=""><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/RUSS0001.GIF" width="26" height="18"></a> <b>After 2004</b> - <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/54642659">"Kind Angel of Peace,"</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan">Beslan</a>, Pravoberezhny District, Republic of North Ossetia–Alania (Russia). "Architectural and sculptural composition "Kind Angel of Peace" in memory of the victims of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan_school_hostage_crisis">terrorist act at school No. 1</a> in September 2004." <TD><center> <img src="http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/54642659.jpg" width="85" height="120"></center></td><td><a href=""><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/RUSS0001.GIF" width="26" height="18"></a> <b>Date?</b> - <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/54642659">"Kind Angel of Peace,"</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen_Monument_Park">"Fallen Monument Park,"</a> Moscow (Russia). "This park was formerly called Park of the Fallen Heroes. In Russian, the park is either simply named Sculpture Park of the Central House of Artists or referred to by its legal title, Muzeon Park of Arts." </table><table border=2) <TR><TD><center> <img src="http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/31593957.jpg" width="120" height="85"><br><img src="" width="120" height="0"></center></td><td><a href=""><img src="http://www.flags.net/images/largeflags/RUSS0001.GIF" width="26" height="18"></a> <b>2007</b> - <a href="http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/news_europe/2011-09-30/-kind-angel-of-peace-coming-to-5-continents.html">"Kind Angel of Peace,"</a> Park of 850th Anniversary of Moscow, Moscow (Russia). "The <b style="color:red">tallest world's sculpture</b> "Kind Angel of Peace" with a height of 135 meters will be built on five continents. The environmental organization TERRA VIVA initiated the construction of the first "Angel" 5 years ago to unite all people with the idea of Kindness & Peace. "This idea of uniting people living according the principles of goodness & justice, <b>came on the eve of the third millennium</b>. There is a need to create a unifying moral principle. And so a symbol was created - the "Kind Angel of Peace." The author & chief architect of the international project is the honored Russian artist Peter Stronsky. For the first "Kind Angel of Peace" will come to Europe. It will be constructed on the island of <b>Cyprus</b>. The other four continents have not decided on a place yet. The architectural & monumental "Kind Angel of Peace" will consist of a base with a transparent sphere that is 49 meters high & the figure of an angel standing 86 meters tall. Special illumination will make the work visible even from space. Inside the sculpture there will be a hotel or a concert hall, as well as offices, restaurants, cafes, bars & an observation deck. Experts predict that "Kind Angel of Peace" will attract more than 1 million visitors from around the world in the first year after its creation. After several years, the number of tourists will increase to 3.5 million. According to organizers, this will positively affect the local economy. To date, small sculptural ensembles of the "Kind Angel of Peace" have been installed in 30 cities in Russia & abroad. A "Kind Angel of Peace" monument was unveiled in 2007 in the "Park of 850th Anniversary of Moscow" in the Russian capital." </table></blockquote>   </TABLE></blockquote> <center>Please email your comments & questions to geovisual at comcast.net. Thank you. <p><a href="index.htm">Return</a> to Peace Monuments <a href="index.htm">main page</a>.</center> </body></html>