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Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea (Liepaja)
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Monument to the sailors and fishermen lost at sea is a notable modern monument and sightseeing place in Liepāja
, Latvia
.
The monument was built in 1977 by architect Gunārs Asaris and sculptor Alberts Terpilovskis with a funding from LBORF and the fishing kolhoz Boļševiks. The monument is located on the shore of the Baltic Sea
in the Liepāja seaside park, at the end of Kūrmājas Prospect, on this place in beginning of 20th century was located Kurhaus. The monument consists of a bronze
figure of the woman on 11 meter high V-shaped pedestal, sheathed by Saaremaa
dolomite.
On 8 April 2000 a memorial plate dedicated to the American pilots whose aircraft was brought down on 8 April 1950 by the USSR Air Forces near Liepāja was added to the pedestal of the monument.
This monument in Liepāja often is called "Crocodile" , because of a resemblance to Crocodile Gena
from the Soviet cartoon
. The inner part of the pedestal is a popular place for taking photographs. A poem in Russian language about the monument was written in 2005 by an unknown author.
Liepaja
Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
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The monument was built in 1977 by architect Gunārs Asaris and sculptor Alberts Terpilovskis with a funding from LBORF and the fishing kolhoz Boļševiks. The monument is located on the shore of the Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...
in the Liepāja seaside park, at the end of Kūrmājas Prospect, on this place in beginning of 20th century was located Kurhaus. The monument consists of a bronze
Bronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...
figure of the woman on 11 meter high V-shaped pedestal, sheathed by Saaremaa
Saaremaa
Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring 2,673 km². The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago...
dolomite.
On 8 April 2000 a memorial plate dedicated to the American pilots whose aircraft was brought down on 8 April 1950 by the USSR Air Forces near Liepāja was added to the pedestal of the monument.
The Monument in pop culture
Crocodile Gena
Crocodile Gena is a fictional, friendly crocodile in the series of animation films “Gena the Crocodile”, “Cheburashka” and “Shapoklyak” by Roman Kachanov ....
from the Soviet cartoon
Cheburashka
Cheburashka , also known as Topple in earlier English translations, is a character in children's literature, from a 1966 story by the Russian writer Eduard Uspensky. In Estonian the character is called Potsataja...
. The inner part of the pedestal is a popular place for taking photographs. A poem in Russian language about the monument was written in 2005 by an unknown author.
- Липовая Надежда
- Она там встала чтобы жить мечтой,
- Она уже была слепой, она была глухой.
- Ей сердце высечено морем
- И ноги стёрлись о песок.
- Но вот тысячелетие настало, она устала.
- Она устала ждать отцов и сыновей,
- Что ловят снедь для матери своей.
- Теперь она стоит и ждёт Колумба,
- В полёте белокрылых голубей...
- Так ей, наверное, видней.