Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3327BB61
    Site Name
    Multicultural Man Sculpture, Heroes Park, East London
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    Simthandile.Tito
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
    Monuments & Memorials Recordings
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    Off
    Site Recording Admin Comments
    The monument was fenced which hindered me from clear shots, but tried to stretch my arms to get best possible picture I could in all angles. And the lock from the entrance was too old that it can not be opened without breaking it.
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    Description

    This statue stands on the African continent a symbol of the common humanity of all people. The statue is designed to represent no particular culture, ethnic or religious background.Multicultural Man is a bronze sculpture created by Italian artist Francesco Perilli.  It depicts a faceless man in the middle of the earth who is trying to unite two meridians, while the other meridians are lifted by doves, the universal symbols of peace. The bronze man himself is three meters high and has been designed to represent no particular cultural, ethnic or religious background.  There are five Multicultural Man bronze sculptures located on five different continents of the world.

    Contains Animal figures?
    No
    Contains Human figures?
    Yes
    Construction Materials
    Bronze
    Pedestal Material
    Stone
    Event Commemorated
    The statue commemorates the Day of Reconciliation.
    Date Unveiled
    Inscriptions
    The plaque was unveiled on the eve of the day of reconciliation 2008, Joint by the premier of the Eastern Cape Province, The Honorable Nosimo Balindlela and the Italian Ambassador to South Africa, the Honorable Alessandro Cevese, to commemorate the donation to Africa of the statue of "Multi-cultural Man" by the Sculpture Francesco Perilli, the village of hereto and the Italian people. This statue stands on the African continent symbol of the common humanity of all people/
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -33.016061, 27.92025
      Eastern Cape
      • Buffalo City
      Directions to Site
      Marshall street turn left on biccard street
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