Wall for Peace
Halter, Clara; Wilmotte, Jean-Michel
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Date
2000Description
General context view of the monument, from the south, depicting the south end of the Champ du Mars with the Eiffel Tower in the distance; The Wall for Peace is freely inspired by the Wailing Wall of Jerusalem. Visitors can put their messages of peace in the chinks of the Wall that are planned for this purpose. The word 'peace' appears on the glass walls in 49 languages. The Wall for Peace is erected in Paris, on the Champs de Mars, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. It was inaugurated on March 30, 2000 by the President of the French Republic. Source: Wall for Peace [website]; http://www.wallforpeace.com (accessed 2/10/2008)
Type of Work
monument; sculpture (visual work)Subject
abstraction or non-objective, contemporary (1960 to present), typography or calligraphy, writing systems, Modernist, Twenty-first century
Rights
Rights Statement
Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only