The Destroyed City
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the-destroyed-city-301-2762482
title:
The Destroyed City
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The Destroyed City is a bronze memorial sculpture in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. It commemorates the German bombing of Rotterdam on 14 May 1940, which destroyed the medieval centre of the city. Unveiled in 1953, it was designated as a Dutch national monument (Rijksmonument) in 2010. It is the largest sculpture by the Russian-born French sculptor Ossip Zadkine, his best known work, and the best known sculpture in Rotterdam. The 6.5 m (21 ft) high sculpture depicts a stylized human figure leanin
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Sculpture in Rotterdam, Netherlands
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Destroyed_City
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2024-02-05T19:54:12Z
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