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The Lorelei (/ ˈ l ɒr ə l aɪ / ⓘ LORR-ə-ly; German: Loreley or Lorelei, pronounced [loːʁəˈlaɪ̯] ⓘ or [ˈloːʁəlaɪ̯]; also found as Loreleï, Lore Lay, Lore-Ley, Lurley, Lurelei and Lurlei throughout history) is a 132-metre-high (433 ft), steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge (or Middle Rhine) at Sankt Goarshausen in Germany, part of the ...
The Lorelei Fountain, also known as the Heinrich Heine Memorial, is a monument located on East 161st Street in the Concourse section of the Bronx, New York City, near the Bronx County Courthouse. It was designed by German sculptor Ernst Herter and created in 1896 out of Italian white marble in Laas, South Tyrol . [ 2 ]
A statue of Lorelei, the Lorelei Fountain – Heine Memorial – is located in the Bronx, New York City. In the 1890s, amidst a flowering of affection for Heine leading up to the centennial of his birth, plans were made to honor Heine with a memorial.
On 8 July 1899, Herter was present in New York when his Heinrich Heine memorial sculpture, known as the Lorelei Fountain, was unveiled in The Bronx, New York City. The Lorelei Fountain was originally intended for Heine's city of birth, Düsseldorf, to mark the centenary of his birth. This project was squelched due to the antisemitic and ...
"The Lorelei" The Lorelei is a retelling of the Scottish ballad Tam Lin. Janet, an American student, is on a school trip in Germany. ... Janet is unnerved by a statue ...
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This statue is causing quite a stink. A bronze memorial shaped like a poop has been dumped among the iconic monuments along the National Mall in Washington, DC — and officials can’t flush it ...
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