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Photo of the Day: Bicentennial Monument. Victoria, Mahe Island, Seychelles. Photo credit: www.seychelles.travel

They are plain and simple, three pairs of extended white wings in masonry, standing on the roundabout at the 5th of June and Liberation Avenues. Conspicuous as they are, they invariably leave visitors guessing at the significance of such a graceful piece of geometry.
This is the Bicentennial monument, referred to in Creole as the Moniman trwa lezel (three-winged monument). It was erected in 1978 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the town of Victoria, which was founded as L’Établissement du Roi in 1778 by the Frenchman Charles Routier de Romainville.
The monument was created by the late Italian artist Lorenzo Appiani, who lived in Seychelles.
The three wings represent the origins of the Seychellois people, who can best be described as a happy blend of the ethnic groups of three continents:
Africa, Europe, and Asia.
The wings may also symbolize the first discoverers of the islands. Birds, of course.
(Text taken from the book “Discovering The National Monuments of Seychelles”, and is used by permission from The National Heritage.) / www.seychelles.travel

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