Norway, Oslo,Vigeland Open Air Sculpture Museum and Park
The world famous Vigeland Sculpture Park (Vigelandsanlegget) designed by Gustav Vigeland. Vigeland park is part of the Frogner Park which consists of various bridges, fountains and a well known picnic area, popular in the summer for sunbathing, games, and relaxation. Vigeland Sculpture Park covers 80 acres (320,000 m2) and features 212 bronze and granite sculptures all designed by Gustav Vigeland. In 1940 the Bridge was the first part of the Sculpture Park to be opened to the public. 58 of the park's sculptures reside along the Bridge, a 100 metre (328 ft) long, 15 metre (49 ft) wide connection between the Main Gate and the Fountain. All are clad in bronze and contribute to the Human Condition theme of the park. Here visitors will find one of the park's more popular statues, Angry Boy (Sinnataggen). At the end of the bridge lies the Children’s Playground, a collaboration of eight bronze statues, all in the likenesses of children at play. It took Vigeland a great deal of time to establish the monument: from 1906 to 1947. The monumental Main Gate marks the entrance on Kirkeveien in the east to the 850-meter-long axis that leads through the Bridge to the Fountain, the Monolith, which ends in the Wheel of Life in the west of the park. It consists of five large gates, two small pedestrian gates and two copper-roofed gate houses, both adorned with weather vanes. The Main Gate was erected in 1942. The Monolith Plateau is a platform made of steps that houses the Monolith totem itself. 36 figure groups reside on the elevation bringing with them the “circle of life” message. At the highest point in the park lies the park's most popular attraction, The Monolith (Monolitten). The name derives from the Latin word monolithus from the Greek word μονόλιϑος (monolithos), derived from μόνος ("one" or "single") and λίϑος ("stone") implying the totem to be fabricated from one (mono) solid piece of stone (lith). On the Christmas of 1944 the public was allowed to admire The Monolith an
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Location: Norway, Oslo,Vigeland Open Air Sculpture Museum and Park
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