Endless Column (Târgu Jiu)
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Targu Jiu /
Târgu Jiu
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monument, sculpture, interesting place, 1938_construction
Endless Column is a monumental sculpture of Constantin Brancusi, part of the Monumental Ensemble of Targu Jiu. Inaugurated on 27 October 1938, the column has a height of 29.35 meters and is composed of 15 octahedral modules having the upper and lower ends half of the module.
The sculpture is a stylization of funeral columns specific to southern Romania. Its original name was "Endless Gratitude Column" and was devoted to the First World War Romanian soldiers who died in 1916 in the battles on the banks of the Jiu river.
The sculpture is a stylization of funeral columns specific to southern Romania. Its original name was "Endless Gratitude Column" and was devoted to the First World War Romanian soldiers who died in 1916 in the battles on the banks of the Jiu river.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endless_Column
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Coordinates: 45°2'14"N 23°17'7"E
- The Gate of the Kiss 1.3 km
- Carol I King's Statue 89 km
- Michael the Brave Statue 90 km
- Hajduk Veljko monument 108 km
- Monument of the Freedom 154 km
- Statue of Mircea cel Batran 191 km
- Monument of Hristo Botev 205 km
- Saint George Monument 213 km
- Commemorative Plaque 214 km
- Memorial 220 km
- Pandurasul neighborhood. 0.7 km
- Targu Jiu Cemetery 0.8 km
- Central Park 1.4 km
- Revolutiei Neighbourhood 1.6 km
- Targu-Jiu Lake 1.7 km
- Cartierul DEBARCADER 1.8 km
- Lunca Budieni 5.4 km
- u.m. 10 km
- Casa memoriala "ILARIE Uscatescu" 13 km
- Campu Mare(ro) 21 km