Tuesday, 30 August 2016

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

The Little Mermaid (Danish: Den lille Havfrue) is a bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen, depicting a mermaid. The sculpture is displayed on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is 1.25 metres tall and weighs 175 kilograms. Based on the fairy tale of the same name by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, the small and unimposing statue is a Copenhagen icon and has been a major tourist attraction since 1913.

 In recent decades it has become a popular target for defacement by vandals and political activists. The Little Mermaid is among iconic statues that symbolise cities; others include: Manneken Pis in Brussels, the Statue of Liberty in New York and Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. In several cases, cities have commissioned statues for such a purpose, such as with Singapore's Merlion.

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5 comments:

  1. eileeninmd30 August 2016 at 08:01

    Hello, I love the mermaid statue and the view! Very pretty. Happy Tuesday, enjoy your day and the week ahead!

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  2. namaki30 August 2016 at 09:03

    The mermaid in blue !

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  3. NCSue30 August 2016 at 17:24

    Gorgeous!
    Thank you for sharing at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2016/08/purple-passion.html

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  4. Linda30 August 2016 at 22:20

    Yes, it's an icon. I'm sad to think that it gets vandalized.

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  5. Murthy K v v s5 September 2016 at 20:14

    Mermaid thinking something..Good day.

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