Review of unusual monuments from around the world, part 2

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

There are so many interesting, unusual, amazing, and sometimes strange and incomprehensible things in the world that one can only wonder. And it seems that there would be an opportunity - I would travel far and wide not only my country, but also the most remote corners of foreign states, saturated with impressions and emotions, like a sponge of soapy water. Alas, this is impossible, because if there is enough funds, then there will not be enough time. Therefore, let us recall the parable of woe and Mohammed, and see the second part of the amazing overview of unusual monuments from around the world, which we began to publish on the pages of the site Culturology.rf.

Monuments of Kiev

The Ukrainian capital turned out to be unexpectedly rich in original monuments and sculptors with a sense of humor. So, for a certain period of time, the streets of Kiev were decorated with very unusual monuments, for example, immortalized in wood and metal "Hedgehog in the Fog", created by the young sculptor Konstantin Skitutsky.

Also in the city center you can see a monument to a tree on which… chairs grow. And the bench on which the chairs are resting, but already, apparently, adults, matured, having seen life and met their four-legged love.

The author of the last two monuments is the "iron master", sculptor Vladimir Belokon. Several more original monuments belong to his "pen", which we will talk about another time.

Edible monuments

Without water and without food - neither there, nor syuda. This is what the people used to say a long time ago, and they continue to say it to this day. And thank the gentlemen for the fact that today is the day, and there is food. And - to establish in their cities outlandish monuments dedicated to certain food products. For example, in the Ukrainian city of Poltava, there is a monument to Ukrainian dumplings, a famous national dish.

And in Odessa they decided to immortalize not something, but … an orange. Despite the fact that they do not grow here, oranges are considered the saviors of the hero city of Odessa. Allegedly, in the 18th century, several carts with oranges, sent as a bribe to Tsar Paul I, so that he had mercy, and allowed to build a seaport in Odessa for the development of the city. The tsar was very fond of these exotic fruits, and therefore the next day he allocated 250 thousand rubles in gold to the citizens of Odessa. This is how oranges helped the city become what it is today.

But not only citrus fruits were honored with monuments in their honor. So, in the city of Almaty there is a surprisingly beautiful marble apple-fountain, where, naturally, guests of the city throw coins.

A forged apple adorns the city of Kursk, where the monument was erected in one of the Yablochnye Spas. It is believed that the copper apple variety is Antonovka, since the region is famous for these sweet fruits, which, according to legend, were delivered to the court of Queen Catherine II.

And in Jerusalem, on the contrary, a stub monument was erected. Well, what to take from them - an enterprising people:)

Surprisingly, the monument to potatoes was erected not at all in Belarus, but also in Russia. Mariinsk has a reason to be proud of this unusual monument, which is considered the record holder for the harvest of this root crop. So, it is known that more than 65 years ago, it was here that 1,331 quintals of potatoes per hectare were harvested, and the record has not yet been broken. And the monument was erected in 2008, which was declared the International Year of the Potato.

And what kind of potatoes can there be without crispy, juicy pickled cucumbers? And the monument to them is installed in another Russian city, near Moscow Lukhovitsy, and is timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of this city.

Well, for a snack - a two-meter bronze monument to the Baltic sprats, erected in 2008 in the town of Mamonovo, Kaliningrad region.

Foreign monuments

Abroad pampers us with other unusual monuments. For example, a giant paper clip monument is erected in Oslo. Why and why is unknown, but knowledgeable people claim that the paper clip was once a symbol of Norwegian resistance fighters.

In Germany, science is honored, and enough to erect a huge monument to clever books on one of the main squares. Goethe, Heine, Hesse, Kant, Schiller and others - they are all here, in one big pile of useful literature. True, metal.

There are books in Berlin, but where should the giant sit, who has taken it into his head to leaf through the heavy volume of Schiller? Yes, at least for the three-meter Russian "Monument to the First Stool", which is installed on Taganka, in the former residence of the Arshenevsky brothers.

And in the capital of the Czech Republic, the beautiful Prague, they want confused Cinderella through the streets. Here is one of them and lost her white shoe, which now adorns one of the local squares as a monument.

Nothing human is alien to them. For them - it is for the sculptors. So, one of these originals came up with the idea of immortalizing in bronze … the work of a prostitute. And what? Let it be a monument to pleasure. Well, at least one! Yes, it is located almost in the center of Prague, so …

And finally, there are monuments not to a natural process, not to a large amount of drunk beer … The one above is located in Denmark. And the one below is called a monument to pissing men, and it is located in the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague. Which, as we have already been able to see, is famous for its unusual, sometimes shocking sculptures.