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Talking Statues is a project that was created in 2013 by documentary filmmaker David Peter Fox, [1] who is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Inspired by the book, Sculptures in Copenhagen by Jens Peters Munk , Fox went on to provide a history and backstory for the figures represented by the statues.
The 1901 mock-up. A monument featuring a lur blower on the new City Hall Square was first proposed by Lorenz Frølich in circa 1890. [1] Martin Nyrop, who had designed the new Copenhagen City Hall, adopted the idea and originally envisioned two columns flanking the entrance to the City Hall Square from Vesterbrogade, each topped by a Heimdallr figure with a gjallarhorn.
Statue of Anders Sandøe Ørsted; Statue of Asmus Jacob Carstens; Statue of Frederick VI; Statue of Georg Zoëga; Statue of Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann; Statue of Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold, Copenhagen; Statue of Søren Kierkegaard
Image Title / individual commemorated Location Sculptor Created Installed Source Absalon: City Hall Square (Copenhagen City Hall: Vilhelm Bissen: 1901 Ref: Absalon: Højbro Plads
Talk; Category: Sculptures in Copenhagen. ... Statues in Copenhagen (4 C, 3 P) A. Allegorical sculptures in Copenhagen (3 P) Animal sculptures in Copenhagen (1 C, 8 P) M.
Mermaids and other mer-people are recurring figures in traditional Danish lore. The Danish author Hans Christian Andersen's popular story "The Little Mermaid" (the basis of the Disney animated film) inspired the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, which has been deemed not only a popular tourist attraction but also a symbol of the country itself.
A tourist was booed after she climbed Copenhagen's iconic Little Mermaid statue on Saturday (9 September). ... 19, who witnessed the incident, said: “The Danish people there were saying, 'this ...
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