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Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-10-25
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[01] 'Abduction of Europa' sculpture unveiled at European Parliament
[01] 'Abduction of Europa' sculpture unveiled at European Parliament
The "Abduction of Europa" sculpture is adorning the entrance to the
European Parliament in Strasbourg as of Tuesday. It is a work by the
brothers Nikos and Pantelis Sotiriadis and a donation to the European
Union by the municipality of Agios Nikolaos on the island of Crete.
The work was delivered by Greek Tourist Development Minister Dimitris
Avramopoulos to European Parliament Deputy President Luigi Coccilovo
during a ceremony held in the afternoon.
The sculpture, weighing almost six tons, has been made of three
different materials. As Pantelis Sotiriadis explained, the bull has
been made of stainless steel, since this material is the closest to the
idea of the white bull, and is forged. The girl, Europa, has been made
of bronze. Symbolically, the bull's back legs are immersed in
green-blue glass which is reminiscent of the sea.
Avramopoulos termed the ceremony "an event of lofty symbolisms", since
as of Tuesday the European Parliament's yard will be adorned "by a
visual arts composition, a symbol, which binds myth with history and
brings us back to the roots of our new and common great country,
Europe."
The minister added that the sculpture is being offered to the European
Parliament, "the temple of European democracy". "Here where, slowly but
streadily, the new European architecture is being built and the
foundations are being laid for its common cultural structure."
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