3573 x 5460 px | 30,3 x 46,2 cm | 11,9 x 18,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
8 novembre 2012
Ubicazione:
O'Connell Street, Dublin City, Ireland
Altre informazioni:
It was shortly after 1:30 on the morning of 8 March 1966, when a powerful explosion set off by Irish Republicans, resounded over the city. The upper portion of Nelson's Pillar crashed to the ground leaving hundreds of tons of rubble across O'Connell Street. Many suggestions for a replacement were floated over the years, but they all sank without trace. Then 33 years after Nelson was knocked off his perch, a competition was held for a replacement. The winner was the Spire or "Monument of Light", a stainless steel, pin-like, monument 120 metres (390 ft) high. Some love it, others hate it, feelings often illustrated by a waggish collection of rhyming nick-names like, The Spire in the Mire, The Stiletto in the Ghetto and The Nail in the Pale. This image appears in "Irish Follies and Whimsical Architecture" by George Munday and published by O'Brien Press in Dublin.
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