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The Statue of Peace (Korean: 평화의 소녀상; RR: Pyeonghwaui sonyeosang; Japanese: 平和の少女像, Heiwano shōjo-zō), often shortened to Sonyeosang in Korean or Shōjo-zō in Japanese (literally "statue of girl") [1] and sometimes called the Comfort Woman Statue (慰安婦像, Ianfu-zō), [2] is a symbol of the victims of sexual slavery, known euphemistically as comfort women, by ...
The Peace Monument of Glendale is an exact replica of the original memorial dedicated to comfort women, the Statue of Peace. The statue is located in Central Park [1] near the Glendale Public Library in Glendale, California, United States. The Glendale Peace Monument was funded and built in 2013 by the Korean American Forum of California, a non ...
The statue straddles the boundary between Brighton and Hove on Kingsway (named for Edward VII) facing Brunswick Terrace with its back to the sea. [1] [3] [4] It is a bronze statue standing on a globe atop a pedestal of Derbyshire granite. The statue takes the form of a draped, winged figure of Victory. Victory stands on a globe, also in bronze ...
Peace statue of comfort women in Berlin-Moabit. The Peace Statue is a monument located in Union Square in the Moabit district of Mitte, Berlin for the "comfort women" (girls and women who were forced into prostitution in Japanese military brothels during World War II). It also serves as a general symbol against sexual violence against girls and ...
The Statue of Peace (Turkish: Barış Heykeli) is a marble sculpture by Lerzan Bengisu, on exhibition in Istanbul at the Taksim Square of Gezi Park since 1976 and formed in 1974 from three shapes representing a mother and her two children.
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The Peace Monument is in the middle of Peace Circle where First Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW intersect. [6] [18] The monument's name has several varieties, including the original Navy Monument, the Naval Monument, and Navy-Peace Monument. [18] [19] The monument measures 44 feet (13 m) high and is 10 feet (3.0 m) long on each side. [19]
In 2020, a man was shot in New Mexico’s largest city, Albuquerque, as protestors tried to tear down a bronze statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate outside a city museum.. Police later ...