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Goddess of Democracy is a replica of the original Goddess of Democracy statue created during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, installed in San Francisco's Chinatown, in the U.S. state of California. [1] The sculpture stands in Portsmouth Square.
Portsmouth Square (traditional Chinese: 花園角; simplified Chinese: 花园角; pinyin: Huāyuán jiǎo; Jyutping: Faa 1 jyun 4 Gok 3), formerly known as Portsmouth Plaza, [1] and originally known as Plaza de Yerba Buena, [2] [3] or simply La Plaza, [4] is a one-block plaza (57,516 sq ft (5,343.4 m 2)) in Chinatown, San Francisco, California.
The Memorial features a ten-foot (3 m) bronze replica from photographs of the Goddess of Democracy, erected by students during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. [4] The monument's design and the statue are works of sculptor Thomas Marsh. [5] He led a project in 1994, to re-create the Goddess of Democracy in Chinatown, San Francisco.
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The Goddess of Democracy, also known as the Goddess of Democracy and Freedom, the Spirit of Democracy, [1] and the Goddess of Liberty (自由女神; zìyóu nǚshén [1]), was a 10-metre-tall (33 ft) statue created during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
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