vrijdag 30 december 2016

A statue with a story

To get a statue after your death like this is really a shame I think.  Who can see you up there?
It is called "the Column of Lely". Cornelis Lely was the architect of the Flevopolders and this city Lelystad has his name. The 30 m high column is made of basalt boulders and symbolize the boulders where the dikes around the Flevopolders are made of.

Here a closer look of Lely. 
The column and the statue are made by two different artists. The one who made the statue Piet Esser, was not satisfied with the result ( I can imagine) and had his statue removed. This one is a replica of a statue made by the late "Mari Andriessen".

This is the original statue of Lely that was removed of the column and replaced in another part of the city Lelystad. This photo I made earlier in 2015, had no idea about the story behind.

10 opmerkingen:

  1. Ik vraag me ook af wat de gedachte was om het standbeeld op zo'n hoge kolom te zetten.

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  2. Interesting post and fine final photo, B!

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  3. Quite a monument, and I do like the original statue.

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  4. The stand is really tall. It needs binoculars to be able to see the statue properly.

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  5. It made me laugh to see the man standing away up there by himself where no one can see him. I wonder if anyone remembers who he is.

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  6. Interesting story. I never seen a statue that high up ever. People need to see it to appreciate it.

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  7. Well, that's pretty big story behind the statue. sometimes memorials can cause quite a bit of controversy.

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  8. It was a wonderful thing that Cornelis Lely did for your country - turning the Zuiderzee into a lake and making possible the conversion of a vast area of former seabed into dry land.

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