February 07, 2009

Charles XIV John


The statue of Charles XIV John of Sweden in front of the Royal Palace.

2 comments:

  1. Impressive statue and it looks beautiful with the frost.

    If I remember the explanation about horse's feet in memorial statues correctly, this one leg up means he died because of war wounds. Any idea?

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  2. He I did a similar posting, a similar statue in front of the Royal palace in The hague!

    http://macobrawoerden.blogspot.com/2009/02/hague-17-prince-of-orange.html

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