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Tainan Sister City Commemoration
Sculpture (EXTERIOR)
Lake Eola Park
About the Artwork
A large black marble stone placed in a garden with a viewing bridge next to Lake Eola commemorates Orlando’s sister city, Tainan City, Taiwan, with the inscription, “Presented to Mayor Bill Fredrick and the good citizens of Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. This huge black marble stone was sculpted by the winds for over ten thousand years. It was discovered first in the mountains in Jua-Lien County on the eastern coast of Taiwan at an altitude of one thousand six hundred meters. It has been a major undertaking to remove this stone from the mountain heights, transport it to the seaport and prepare it for shipment. There are two significant words chosen by Tainan City’s Mayor Su to be inscribed on the stone. ‘Loyal to Country. Filial to Parents.’ It is hoped this piece of marble can be placed at a permanent location in your great city for public enjoyment and as a token of our sister city affiliation and eternal friendship between two great cities. From Su Nan-Cheng, Mayor of the City of Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.”
Did you know?
The tallest sculpture of a human figure is the minimalist William King sculpture of three figures looking to the sky at the Orlando airport. The tallest is 40 feet tall!
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For those who have eyes to see, there are hundreds of works of art around them.
This web site provides some information on many of those works of art that can
be regularly viewed in Orange County by any member of the public without an
admission fee. They are outside in public view, or located in an interior area
that is normally open to the public.
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