African Renaissance Monument (Highest Sculpture of Africa)
Not every sculpture can get
into the Guinness Book of Records, but the African Renaissance Monument,
located in Senegal, has been awarded this honor. Initiated the construction of
this monument, which has become one of the main attractions of the country, is
a Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade.
As conceived by the ruler of
one of the poorest countries in Africa Monument to symbolize the rebirth of
deliverance from the yoke of European countries of the Black Continent.
Monument really impressive for its size, because it reaches a height of fifty
meters.
The very same sculpture, made of bronze sheets with a thickness of three
centimeters. In the center of the monument is the man who holds the child on
the shoulder and hugs a young woman, with his hand pointing toward the ocean.
It should be noted that the
President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade, was actively involved in the process of
erecting a monument of this scale, with all his wishes into account. As a
result of this work was the revival Monument above even the famous Statue of
Liberty, the African continent is second only in the performance of some
Egyptian pyramids.
Grand opening of the huge
sculpture, which cost the budget of the country almost twenty-seven million dollars,
took place in 2010, when the fiftieth anniversary of Senegal's independence
from France.
In the same year, thousands of
Senegalese protested the opening of the monument, they said that it's ugly and
wasteful budget for this poor state.
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