Monumento a la Paz, Peace monument in the Segundo Ensanche, Pamplona, Spain.
Monumento a la Paz is a monument in Plaza de la Paz in Pamplona's Second Ensanche district, consisting of two white marble figures approximately three meters tall. The sculptures of a man and a woman stand on landscaped islands within an urban plaza setting.
On 15 March 1986 Pamplona council, the municipal savings bank CAMP and Rafael Bartolozzi agreed to build a new plaza with a commemorative sculpture group; CAMP gave 12 of the 15 million pesetas. The sculptures and five 8-metre txistu-shaped lamps were installed on 5 February 1987, and the monument was inaugurated on 4 June 1989, after the Acuerdo por la Paz y la Tolerancia signed by most Navarrese parties on 7 October 1988.
The monument displays the word 'Peace' in eight languages on stainless steel cubes attached to columns, representing understanding between different cultures and peoples.
The monument sits at a junction of major avenues and serves as a central meeting point with views of notable buildings in the city. The plaza offers good landmarks for visitors trying to navigate this part of town.
The two figures are not generic allegories: Bartolozzi described the man as a stone lifter, a Basque rural sport, and the woman as a return to classical mythology and Navarran origins. The steel cubes atop the 12-metre columns carry the word Peace in eight languages, including Basque, Latin and Japanese.
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