Trojan Horses of Denmark
During the Second World War, Germans had built a series of coastal
fortifications along the Western coast of Europe against a possible invasion by
Allies. This defensive line which stretched from France to Norway was called
Atlantic Wall. Several remnants of these fortifications still dot the beaches.
On the occasion of Golden Jubilee celebrations of the liberation of Denmark,
four bunkers on the Danish beaches at Lille Strandvej/Skippervej in Blåvand were
remodelled and decorated in 1995 by
artist Bill Woodrow with steel heads and tails of mule.
His idea was to symbolise "a beast of burden attempting to
drag the ugly bunkers into the sea - and a bunker transformed into sterile mule,
ensuring that the "monument" can never again reproduce!" (quote from:
visitwestdenmark.com)
These decorated bunkers appear funny to the viewers and look like Trojan horses left behind by the retreating
enemy.
Image from Panoramio is by Ole Holbech
Image from Flickr is by dans le grand bleu
Image from Flickr is by only_point_five
Image from Flickr is by Sörn
View location in
Google Earth /
Google Maps
Note: The location
marked in Google Earth/Google Maps gives the location of the Trojan horses at the beach
at Skippervej. The other horses on the beach at Lille Strandvej are about 300 metres to east of the marked location.
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