Bikes and statues

[KayOs]

We have the "todays ride", the "cockpit views", the "street art" and the "bikes and bridges" thread and I love them all because they are a wonderful window to the world for me, you guys always post places I'd like to see myself and one always learns a thing or two. So I thought how about bikes and statues or other monuments? Anything that isn't street art or a bridge is fine. There are already great threads for that.

I'll start with my Klunker in front of a statue of Friedrich Schiller, Schillerplatz Stuttgart


Cheers!

 

[grantoury]

I love this. This is the church tower in Winschoten NL in the background. It is called "de olle witte", which means something like; the old white. It used to be plastered white.

 

[sunympholepsy]

 

[KayOs]

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This is Lenin, right?
Where I come from we have him...

I'm pretty sure it is the biggest Karl Marx bust in the world. It is the second biggest portrait bust in the world.
In Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz) people simply call it Nischl (saxon for head)
The monument also includes the façade of the building behind it, which reads "Proletarians of all countries unite" in several languages.

 

[sunympholepsy]

This is Lenin, right?
Where I come from we have him...
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I'm pretty sure it is the biggest Karl Marx bust in the world. It is the second biggest portrait bust in the world.
In Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz) people simply call it Nischl (saxon for head)
The monument also includes the façade of the building behind it, which reads "Proletarians of all countries unite" in several languages.

That’s right! Lenin’s head in Ulan-Ude, Buryat Republic, Russia. Photo taken in 2019.
I’ve been to Chemnitz few years ago, and stared the Massive Marx in the eye! Fond memories.

 

[KayOs]

That’s right! Lenin’s head in Ulan-Ude, Buryat Republic, Russia. Photo taken in 2019.
I’ve been to Chemnitz few years ago, and stared the Massive Marx in the eye! Fond memories.

Then you have already seen the biggest and the second biggest portrait bust in the world.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Vladimir hasn't lost his chain, at least!

 

[KayOs]

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Vladimir hasn't lost his chain, at least!

Ultra ECS

 

[R-V]

Iron Lion

 

[grantoury]

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Iron Lion

Where is this and what does it commemorate?