World's Largest Speaking Horn
Located on the Avenue de Stalingrad, not very far the
Brussels South Railway Station (Bruxelles-Midi/ Brussel-Zuid) in
central Brussels, is a huge megaphone or speaking horn known as 'La Pasionaria'.
The art work work
dedicated to all migrants to Belgium was inaugurated on July 7, 2006 and
symbolises/encourages spontaneous self expression.
The name 'La Pasionaria' is based on the legendry
Spanish heroine Dolores Ibárruri (lovingly known as La Pasionaria) of Spanish
Civil War, who along with other Republican leaders used to give speeches of
encouragement to the Republican soldiers in the battle trenches, using a big
megaphone.
Commissioned by Brussels' Committee of Urban Art, the megaphone is a creation of local artist Emilio Lopez-Menchero.
It is 4 metres long with a horn diameter of 2.3 metres and is made of 10 mm
thick stainless steel.
The megaphone is probably World's largest Speaking Horn.
Image from Flickr is by swarve
Image from Flickr is by tapioliller
View location in Google Earth / Google Maps and Street View
Main Source of info plus more info and picture:
Home page
of
artist Emilio Lopez-Menchero (In French). (English Translation)
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