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Piemineklis bojā gājušajiem jūrniekiem un zvejniekiem

Monument to the Sailors and Fishermen lost at Sea

Alberts Terpilovskis
1977

Liepāja / Piemineklis bojā gājušajiem jūrniekiem un zvejniekiem

Description

Bronze figure of a woman on 11 meter high V-shaped pedestal, covered by Saaremaa dolomite.
The architect of the monument is Gunārs Asars.

On 8 April 2000 a memorial plate dedicated to American pilots whose aircraft was brought down on 8 April 1950 by the USSR Air Forces near Liepāja was added to the pedestal of the monument.

Inscription(s)

"dzied, vējiņi, klusi,

klusi,

nenes viļņus maliņā;
guļ jūriņas dzelmītē
mani mīļi bālēliņi."
—
рыбакам и морякам,
погибшим в море.

"Sing, sweet zephyr, gently, gently,
Carry not the waves ashore;
In the sea's tender depths slumber
My dear, beloved, brothers"
—
To the fishermen and sailors
lost at sea

Sculptor

Alberts Terpilovskis (1922 - 2002), Latvian sculptor.

Sources & Information

“The Ceļotājs” and Liepāja Tours – Liepāja Sights Monuments Memorials Statues.
Wikipedia, Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea.

Locatie (N 56°30'33" - E 20°59'28") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lv101; Photograph: 16 July 2013
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