Ferdinand Veike - Tallinn, Estonia
N 59° 26.291 E 024° 44.592
35V E 372008 N 6591016
This memorial for Ferdinand Veike is located in Tallinn, Estonia.
Waymark Code: WMPR5Y
Location: Estonia
Date Posted: 10/11/2015
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The memorial consists of a relief sculpture showing Ferdinand Veike with a puppet coming out of the outer wall of the Estonian State Puppet Theater in Tallinn's Old Town. The sculpture was created by Estonian sculptor Tauno Kangro in 2004. It was placed at the occasion Veike's 80th birthday. Two plaques below the sculpture include the following inscriptions:
Ferdinand Veike
Eesti
Nukuteatri
Rajaja
1952
Ferdinand Veike
Founder of
the Estionian State
Puppet Theatre
1952
Ferdinand Veike (13 November 1924 - 14 August 2015) was the founder and long-time director of the Estonian State Puppet Theater.