VANCOUVER, BC., April 26, 2014 -- Mayor Gregor Robertson joins the Consul General of Greece Ilias Kremmydas to unveil the plaque for the statue of Nike, a gift from the Ancient City of Olympia, Greece to commemorate Vancouvers role as Host City of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, in Vancouver, BC.
Photograph by: NICK PROCAYLO , PNG
A bronze
sculpture of Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, was officially unveiled
Saturday afternoon on Cordova Street near Thurlow.
The statue, which is worth about $500,000, was given to Vancouver by the Greek city of Olympia, home of the original Olympic Games. It was created by Greek artist Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis.
Olympia has been giving versions of the statue — which stands 3.8 metres tall and weighs about 900 kilograms — to Olympic host cities since 1996.
The sculpture became an object of controversy earlier this year for the length of time it took to install it.
In February, four years after it arrived in Canada, the statue was finally placed on a concrete foundation in the boulevard of Cordova Street near Thurlow.
Saturday’s event was an official unveiling by Ilias Kremmydas, Consul General of Greece in Vancouver.
The statue, which is worth about $500,000, was given to Vancouver by the Greek city of Olympia, home of the original Olympic Games. It was created by Greek artist Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis.
Olympia has been giving versions of the statue — which stands 3.8 metres tall and weighs about 900 kilograms — to Olympic host cities since 1996.
The sculpture became an object of controversy earlier this year for the length of time it took to install it.
In February, four years after it arrived in Canada, the statue was finally placed on a concrete foundation in the boulevard of Cordova Street near Thurlow.
Saturday’s event was an official unveiling by Ilias Kremmydas, Consul General of Greece in Vancouver.
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