Drittes Tier - Basel, Switzerland
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N 47° 32.937 E 007° 35.524
32T E 394063 N 5267130
A smoke spewing dragon in front of an office building in Basel.
Waymark Code: WM14K0J
Location: Basel Stadt, Switzerland
Date Posted: 07/18/2021
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EN: This sculpture stands in front of the Bâloise Insurance headquarters near the train station in Basel.
The dragon also has certain similarities with a seal, a dog or a tapir. It emits a cloud of steam from its nostrils at intervals of a few dozen seconds, hissing.
The sculpture is about three meters high and about four meters long. It was created by the well-known artist Thomas Schütte and was inaugurated for the opening of the Bâloise Park in the fall of 2020.
DE: Diese Skulptur steht vor dem Hauptsitz der Bâloise Versicherung in der Nähe des Bahnhofs in Basel.
Der Drache hat auch gewisse Ähnlichkeiten mit einer Robbe, einem Hund oder einem Tapir. Er stösst in Abstanden von einigen Dutzend Sekunden fauchend eine Dampfwolke aus seinen Nüstern.
Die Skulptur ist etwa drei Meter hoch und rund vier Meter lang. Sie stammt von dem bekannten Künstler Thomas Schütte und wurde zur Eröffnung des Bâloise-Parks im Herbst 2020 eingeweiht.
Time Period: Ancient
Approximate Date of Epic Period: many cultures and epochs knew dragons, this one is not bound to a specific one.
Epic Type: Mythical
Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art
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