Statues and monuments devoted to pigeons
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There are at least half-a-dozen public monuments on planet Earth devoted to and depicting pigeons.
List of monuments depicting pigeons[edit]
| Name | Location | Year dedicated | Information | Image | |
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| Passenger Pigeon Monument | Wyalusing State Park, Wisconsin, USA | 1948 | The plaque on this conservationist statue's inscription reads: "DEDICATED TO THE LAST PASSENGER PIGEON Shot at Babcock, Sept. 1899. This Species Became Extinct Through the Avarice and Thoughtlessness of Man."[1] It honors the passenger pigeon, which had once perhaps been the most numerous bird on the planet before going extinct in 1914, largely due to unregulated hunting and habitat destruction committed by European settlers of North America.[2] | ||
| Monument voor de Oorlogsduif | Brussels, Belgium | 1931 | This metal statue, designed by Georges Hano and sculpted by Victor Voets, honors the war pigeons who died in World War I.[3] Then-Brussels Mayor Adolphe Max[4] at the 1931 dedication ceremony of this statute said that carrier pigeons perhaps made the greatest and most painful contribution to the victory and liberation of Belgium during the First World War. The metal statue depicts a pigeon landing on a topless woman's outstretched arm. |  |
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| Monument to Carrier Pigeons | Lille, France | 1936 | This stone monument depicts a woman flocked by birds, erected in honor of the approximately tens of thousands of birds who served as carrier pigeons or otherwise served the Triple Entente during World War I. The statue is in front of the Lille Zoo. It was erected by the édération Nationale des Sociétés Colombophiles (National Federation of Pigeon Societies).[5] |  |
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| The Buff Pigeon Statue | Raffles Place, Singapore | 1990 | Sculpted by famed Colombian artist Fernando Botero, a chubby pigeon has been placed at Raffles Place, the heart of Singapore's financial district.[6] |  |
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| Hato Popo monument | Tokyo, Japan | 1962 | This is one of multiple statues dedicated to the beloved Japanese children's song, "Hato Popo". The words of the song were written by Kume Higashi while watching children play with pigeons at the Buddhist Sensō-ji temple in Tokyo, near where this statue now is. A plaque on the monument includes the musical notation of the song. Atop the monument, five bronze pigeons are perched.[7] | ||
| Monument au Pigeon-Soldat | Charleroi, Belgium | 1951 | A depiction of a bird with outstretched wings honors the pigeon soldiers of World War I.[8] The sculptor was Alphonse Darville. |  |
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| Passenger Pigeon Memorial Hut | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Ohio, USA | A memorial specifically to Martha, the last known passenger pigeon who died at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914, is housed in a Japanese pagoda-style building on zoo's grounds. Inside the building is artwork depicting the passenger pigeon. A bronze Martha is outside the memorial.[9] | } |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Passenger Pigeon Plaque". Wisconsin Historical Society. December 2003. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ↑ "A Monument for a Lost Bird". Aldo Leopold Foundation. 29 July 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ↑ "Monument voor de Oorlogsduif". monument.heritage.brussels/. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ↑ "Monument voor de oorlogsduif en duivenliefhebbers voor het" (PDF). Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ↑ "Monument to Carrier Pigeons - Lille, France". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ↑ ""Fat bird" statue at Raffles Place goes viral worldwide & people can't get enough of it". Mothership. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ↑ "Pigeon monument in Tokyo". Monuments Reveal. 2 February 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ↑ "Memorial War Pigeons". Traces of War. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ↑ "Martha - Passenger Pigeon Memorial Hut". Roadside America. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
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