Seychelles, Mahe island, Victoria, Bicentennial Monument 1778-1978, work erected in 1978 by the Italian artist Lorenzo Appiani, commemorates the 200th anniversary of the city of Victoria, founded as a city of the establishment of the King in 1778 by the French Charles Routier de Romainville, these three pairs of wings symbolize the three continents of origin of the Seychellois population, an ode to the ethnic mix for a population derived from Africa, Europe and Asia, Morne Seychellois in the background

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Keywords: africa, eastern, island, mahe, sculpture, seychelles, victoria