Amazon - Basel, Switzerland - Epic Beings and Creatures on Waymarking.com

The bronze statue of an Amazon with a horse is located at the southern head of "Mittlere Rheinbrücke". It was the last work of the sculptor Carl Burckhardt (1878-1923). The bronze casting was only made in 1926, after his death. The work was commissioned by the Basel Art Association and later gifted to the city.

Amazons from (visit link) Wikipedia: "The Amazons also known as Oiorpata in the Scythian language, are a nation of all-female warriors in Greek mythology and Classical antiquity. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia (modern territory of Ukraine). Other historiographers place them in Asia Minor, or sometimes Libya."

Time Period: Ancient Approximate Date of Epic Period: 1000 BC Epic Type: Mythical Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art

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