Monday, April 18, 2011

Bronze Horseman

A symbol of indomitable will and ruthless vision, the famous statue of Peter the Great known as the Bronze Horseman was commissioned by Catherine the Great to glorify the “enlightened absolutism”, designed by a French sculptor Etienne Falconet and mounted on the 1600-tonne “Thunder Rock” in 1782.




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