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Odd Statues from Around the World
Weird statues are usually the end result of a city councillor with too much time and other people's money on their hands. Some of the planet's oddest statues include a giant Optimus Prime from Transformers and the kids jumping into the Singapore River outside the Fullerton Hotel.
Check out those and other odd and offbeat constructions here, and let me know any that have been overlooked, especially from your neck of the woods.
Some of most poignant and imposing statues I've seen are at Statue Park in Budapest. While other former Communist countries destroyed their statues of Lenin, members of the Proletariat, and brave Socialist soldiers, Hungary moved them to a park on the egde of Budapest.
Click here for an article I wrote about Statue Park, or read more travel information about Budapest.
News via Oddee and pic of Statue Park thanks to nicol_b on Flickr.
Gallery: Cool Statues Around the World
Filed under: Arts and Culture, History, Europe, Hungary
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jeremy Sep 11th 2007 9:39AM
In addition to the Budapest Statue Park, there is a similar repository of communist statues in Moscow. I visited it while I was there a few weeks ago. Nothing beats Moscow for totally surreal public statues.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kressie/1325078055/in/set-72157601866650522/
missimin Sep 15th 2007 12:14PM
In center city Philadelphia, Pa we have a very stupid statue of a clothes pin.
Manda Panda Sep 15th 2007 12:52PM
ok so where is the list that gives the names of some of the statues and where they are located.. what is the deal with the pic of the statue of liberty.. looks retarded in that pic.. most of the pics say "bibi" underneath them.. what is that supposed to mean
sam Sep 15th 2007 1:01PM
there is also a cool statue in liverpool of a cross between a lamb and a banana. here's a snap: http://flickr.com/photos/12421598@N03/1387635680/