Sculpture sights in Europe

1. A Map

   Icarus

   • Alicante, Spain
   • Sights › Sculpture

   This splendid waterside bronze figure of a pin-headed Icarus bearing a surfboard as he emerges from the water is by contemporary sculptor Esperanza d'Ors.

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   Alexander Calder's Mobile

   • Stuttgart, Germany
   • Sights › Sculpture

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   Die Nanas

   • Hanover, Germany
   • Sights › Sculpture

   Hanover’s city fathers and mothers were inundated with nearly 20,000 letters of complaint when these three earth-mama sculptures were first installed beside the Leine River in 1974. Now, the voluptuous and fluorescent-coloured ‘Sophie’, ‘Charlotte’ and ‘Caroline’, by French artist Niki de Saint Phalle, are among the city’s most recognisable, and most loved, landmarks. Indeed, Die Nanas helped make de Saint Phalle famous.

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   Trinity Tree

   • Dingle, Ireland
   • Sights › Sculpture

   Close to St Mary's Church, the Trinity Tree sculpture, representing the Holy Trinity, is made from an unusual three-trunked sycamore. Its carved faces make it look like something out of a fairytale.

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   Museo al Aire Libre

   • Madrid, Spain
   • Sights › Sculpture

   This fascinating open-air collection of 17 abstract sculptures includes works by the renowned Basque artist Eduardo Chillida, the Catalan master Joan Miró, as well as Eusebio Sempere and Alberto Sánchez, one of Spain’s foremost sculptors of the 20th century. The sculptures are beneath the overpass where Paseo de Eduardo Dato crosses Paseo de la Castellana, but somehow the hint of traffic grime and pigeon shit only adds to the appeal. All but one are on the eastern side of Paseo de la Castellana.

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