Do you have photos of Statues?

[davidedric]

Jose Marti. La Havana, Cuba

 

[pegelli]

Sculpture in the garden of hotel Martin's Rentmeesterij, Bilzen, Belgium

"Let me show you my face"


A7ii + Elmar 50/2.8

 

[Lester Wareham]

Estátua de São Vicente, Miradouro de São Vicente, Lisbon

Trv Estátua de São Vicente A01_001 by Lester W, on Flickr

 

[fotoi]

Worms, Germany.

 

[Pantry42]

Bertram Ramsay joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1898 and within six years he had risen through the ranks to a Sub-Lieutenant. During the First World War, the newly promoted Commander Ramsay was put in charge of HMS M25, a small monitor, and for two years his ship was part of the Dover Patrol off the Belgian coast. On 9 May 1918, he commanded the destroyer HMS Broke at the Second Ostend Raid, a follow up to the Zeebrugge Raid, for which he was mentioned in despatches.
In the interwar years, Captain Ramsay (promoted in 1925) spent a great deal of time seeing different countries as he travelled the world on HMS Danae, HMS Kent and HMS Royal Sovereign. Rear-Admiral Ramsay retired from the Navy in 1938 but was coaxed back by Winston Churchill one year later to help deal with the Axis threat.
He rose to prominence as the Royal Navy's foremost expert in amphibious warfare during the Second World War. A master of the complex staff work required for such undertakings, Ramsey will be best remembered as being responsible for Operation 'Neptune', the naval contribution to invasion of Normandy, and the greatest amphibious operation in history, in 1944. He was responsible for the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 (for which he was knighted) as well as planning and commanding the naval forces in the invasion of France in 1944. He was promoted to the rank of Admiral in April 1944.
On 2 January 1945, Admiral Ramsay was killed when his plane crashed on take-off at Toussus-le-Noble Airport southwest of Paris. He was en-route to a conference with General Bernard Montgomery in Brussels.
(text from the National Museum of the Royal Navy)

 

[Lubos-PM]

 

[fotoi]

Stavanger, Norway.

 

[bigC]

The Church of the Redeemer, Toronto Canada.

 

[DavidWatts]

The Church of the Redeemer, Toronto Canada.
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Interesting, but I'm not understanding the meaning. What is the back story about this sculpture?

 

[bigC]

Interesting, but I'm not understanding the meaning. What is the back story about this sculpture?

There was a plaque with a scripture, Matthew 25:36--I was sick, and you took care of me.

It dwells in this place as a symbol of our shared commitment as a church, a city, and a world to take care of those who are in need.

 

[Lubos-PM]

Speyer, Gedächtniskirche

 

[Lubos-PM]

 

[fotoi]

Christian IV in Oslo.

 

[ncsa]

Paris
Hercules taming a bison by Neil, on Flickr

 

[Lubos-PM]

 

[tamnitok]

King Jose
Lisbon, Portugal

 

[fotoi]

Oslo

 

[Pantry42]

When Germany attacked Norway in April 1940, Lt. Cdr. Horve was the commander of HNoMS Draug. During the night of 9 April, Draug was patrolling and watching shipping in the Karmsund. At about 0200hrs, Horve was notified that Oslofjord Fortress was engaging an unknown enemy force in the Oslofjord, leading to the crew being ordered to full combat stations. At 0400hrs, an unknown ship, flying no national flag, was observed sailing northwards through the Karmsund. The ship refused to stop after both flares and warning shots had been fired and Draug had to give chase and capture the vessel. After leading the unknown ship into Haugesund, its identity was found to be the 7,624 ton German vessel Main. The two ships left Haugesund at about 0900hrs, but soon came under attack from a Luftwaffe bomber around 40 nautical miles (74 km) off the Norwegian coast. The bombs, aimed at the Main, missed but the German captain immediately scuttled his vessel and ordered his crew to abandon ship.

Horve remained commander of Draug until 3 November 1941. He was also commander of HNoMS Sleipner from 28 June 1940 to December 1941. He subsequently had command of Glaisdale. He worked in the Royal Norwegian Navy High Command in London from 1941 to 1942, headed the Norwegian MTB Flotilla in Shetland from 1943 to 1944, and worked again at the Navy High Command from 1944 to 1945 and the Navy Special Service (Marinens Spesialtjeneste) in 1945.

 

[fotoi]

Arendal, Norway.

 

[Lester Wareham]

Statue of St. Stephen I, Fishaman's Bastion, Budapest

Tra Statue of St. Stephen I C_001 by Lester W, on Flickr