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A statue by John Steell showing Alexander taming Bucephalus. A massive creature with a massive head, Bucephalus is described as having a black coat with a large white star on his brow. [citation needed] He is also supposed to have had a "wall eye" (blue eye), [citation needed] and his breeding was that of the "best Thessalian strain".
The first work to attract international attention was Alexander taming Bucephalus carved in 1832–33 (cast in bronze in 1883, and now standing in the quadrangle of Edinburgh City Chambers). [8] Around 1838 he was appointed as Sculptor to Her Majesty the Queen , a post which was later recognised as part of the Royal Household in Scotland . [ 9 ]
All five agree that Alexander founded two cities, one on each side of the Indus, naming one Nikaia and the other Boukephala. [2] Craterus, one of Alexander's leading generals, was appointed to construct and fortify the new cities, a task he had performed a few months earlier at Arigaion (an ancient city possibly located under modern Nawagai).
Note: This is a sublist of List of Confederate monuments and memorials from the North Carolina section. This is a list of Confederate monuments and memorials in North Carolina that were established as public displays and symbols of the Confederate States of America (CSA), Confederate leaders, or Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War.
Shaw got the idea for a local Gandhi statue after attending a Martin Luther King Jr. birthday event in 2005 and hearing about plans for a Raleigh monument honoring the American civil rights leader.
King Historic District is a national historic district located at King, Stokes County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 72 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of King.
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina. ... Academic building in the Greek Revival style by New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis ...
In January 2021, South Carolina unveiled an 11-foot bronze statue of Gamecock great A’ja Wilson, a Columbia native who helped lead the team to its first national championship in 2017. Wilson has ...