61. To the Struggle Agains World Terrorism monument in Bayonne, New
Jersey (USA) stands in direct view of the Statue of Liberty and the
former World Trade Center in New York. Bronze, 30m
87. Monument Tatik in Papik-yev Mamig Babig - Armenian symbol of Nagorno-Karabakh
88. Monument 'Birth of a New Man' in honor of Christopher Columbus. Seville, Spain
89. The huge, a bit bizarre, statue of steel, called the Angel of the North, England
90. Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota
The monument presents of the leader of Dakota Oglala - Crazy Horse (Tasunka Witko), who became
famous at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, and shortly afterwards he was treacherously murdered.
This monument is forged in the rock mountains Thunderhead in the Black Mountains in Custer
County, South Dakota State. When completed, it will be the world's largest monument. The sculpture
will be 195 m long and 172 m high. The head, whose was completed in 1998, is 25 meters high.
For comparison, located 15 km northeast, of the presidents heads carved into the slope
of Mount Rushmore to a height of 18 m. The monument is the main attraction of so called Crazy Horse
Memorial Center.
Work on the sculpture began in 1948 (at the invitation of a relative of Crazy Horse, Chief of Dakota -
Henry Standing Bear), sculptor of Polish descent, Korczak Ziolkowski. Today, it is continuing this work
by his family.
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95. Music - Jean Sibelius, Symphonic Poem, "Finland"
The illustrations - taken from accessible websites
The presentation was prepared by - Anna