De Boeg 1939-1945 WWII Monument, Rotterdam
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
De Boeg (The Bow) is a war memorial in Rotterdam. It commemorates the 3,500 crew members of Dutch merchant ships that lost their lives in the Second World War. The monument of Fred Carasso was unveiled by Princess Margriet on 10 April 1957 on the corner of the Boompjes and the Leuvehaven. The 46 meters high aluminum construction symbolizes a bow in the concrete waves. Later, on July 15, 1965, an 8-meter high bronze sculpture group of five sailors bound by a nautical line at the base of De Boeg was added to the monument: a helmsman, three sailors and a drowned one. On the side is the text: Zij hielden koers (They kept course).
Ref.:
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Boeg_(Rotterdam)
www.sculptureinternationalrotterdam.nl/collectie/de-boeg
De Boeg 1939-1945 WWII Monument, Rotterdam
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
De Boeg (The Bow) is a war memorial in Rotterdam. It commemorates the 3,500 crew members of Dutch merchant ships that lost their lives in the Second World War. The monument of Fred Carasso was unveiled by Princess Margriet on 10 April 1957 on the corner of the Boompjes and the Leuvehaven. The 46 meters high aluminum construction symbolizes a bow in the concrete waves. Later, on July 15, 1965, an 8-meter high bronze sculpture group of five sailors bound by a nautical line at the base of De Boeg was added to the monument: a helmsman, three sailors and a drowned one. On the side is the text: Zij hielden koers (They kept course).
Ref.:
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Boeg_(Rotterdam)
www.sculptureinternationalrotterdam.nl/collectie/de-boeg