Freedom Monument
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The Freedom Monument is a monument located in Riga, Latvia, honouring soldiers killed during the Latvian War of Independence. It is considered an important symbol of the freedom, independence, and sov
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Plaza of the Freedom Monument
A closeup view of the copper figure of Liberty
Detail of weather-worn travertine relief
Liberty (personification)
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The concept of liberty has frequently been represented by personifications, often loosely shown as a female classical goddess. Examples include Marianne, the national personification of the French Rep
Freedom Monument
…shapes on top of each other, decreasing in size towards the top, completed by a 19-metre (62 ft) high travertine column bearing the copper figure of Liberty lifting three gilded stars. The concept for the monument first emerged in the early 1920s when the Latvian prime minister, Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics…
La liberté, Nanine Vallain, 1794
Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), 1886, New York, by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Freedom Monument, 1928, Kaunas, Lithuania, by Juozas Zikaras