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Lahti
Päijät-Häme

Kaupungintalonpuisto
(City Hall Park)

Työn patsas

Labour Monument

Yrjö Liipola
1946

Description

Bronze statue of a wood worker with an ax whiping his forehead.
On the pedestal three relies. On the sides:

A Happy Home: A living room with a woman placing some flowers in a table, with two children.
A Carpenter and his apprentice.
On the back:
The asko factory.

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Inscription(s)

työn temppeliksi teemme
karun maan, me käsin
nostamme sen kunniaan

Work of the temple
of our barren land,
we raise our hands to honor

Signature

(statue) Yrjö Liipola 1946.
(reliefs) Y.L. -46

Annotation

The statue is a monument for the Lahti wood processing, as well as a praise to work. The statue is donated by factory owner Aukusti Asko Avonius.

Artist

Yrjö Liipola (Koski 1881 - 1971), Finnish sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Waymarking.com, Työn Patsas - Lahti, Finland.
Wikipedia, Luettelo Lahden muistomerkeistä, -laatoista ja veistoksista.

Location (N 60°58'47" - E 25°39'34") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: fi033; Photograph: 29 June 2013
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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