Cimbrian Bull, Bronze sculpture at Vesterbro, Aalborg, Denmark
The Cimbrian Bull is a bronze sculpture of a bull set on a raised stone pedestal in the Vesterbro district of Aalborg, Denmark. The figure stands at street level where two busy roads meet, making it visible from several directions.
The sculpture was made in 1937 by Danish sculptor Anders Bundgaard and paid for by a local distillery. It replaced a factory that had previously stood on the same spot.
The name refers to the Cimbrians, an ancient people believed to have originated from this part of Jutland. An inscription on the base makes this connection visible to anyone who stops to look.
The sculpture stands in the middle of Vesterbro, the central shopping area of Aalborg, and is easy to reach on foot. It sits at a busy junction, so it is worth pausing briefly to get a closer look at the base and its inscription.
The text on the base was written by Johannes V. Jensen, a celebrated Danish author who came from the same region of Jutland. This gives the work a double identity, as it is both a sculpture and a piece of literature in public space.
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