The Ludovisi Gaul (Galatian Suicide), 2nd Century BC
The Ludovisi Gaul is an ancient Roman statue depicting a Gallic man plunging a sword into his breast as he holds up the dying body of his wife. This sculpture is a marble copy of a now lost Greek bronze original.
📸 Palazzo Altemps, National Museum of Rome, Italy
The Ludovisi Gaul is an ancient Roman statue depicting a Gallic man plunging a sword into his breast as he holds up the dying body of his wife. This sculpture is a marble copy of a now lost Greek bronze original.
📸 Palazzo Altemps, National Museum of Rome, Italy
The National Wallace Monument, Stirling, Scotland
The brainchild of the Reverend Charles Rogers, the National Wallace Monument is a magnificent tribute to the legend and legacy William Wallace, Guardian of Scotland and martyr of the War of Independence. It sits atop the Abbey Craig - from where, on 11th September 1297 - the fabled 'Braveheart' led a rag-tag half-starved Scots force to defeat a much larger, stronger, better armed English force at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
Built by public subscription, in 1869, it's erection owed as much to donations from ordinary Scots and expatriates as it did to aristocratic sponsors such as the Marquis of Bute, or those, like the revolutionary leader Garibaldi, who were inspired by Wallace's indomitable spirit.
The day it's foundation stone was laid saw Stirling's population more than double - and it is still a place of pilgrimage.
The brainchild of the Reverend Charles Rogers, the National Wallace Monument is a magnificent tribute to the legend and legacy William Wallace, Guardian of Scotland and martyr of the War of Independence. It sits atop the Abbey Craig - from where, on 11th September 1297 - the fabled 'Braveheart' led a rag-tag half-starved Scots force to defeat a much larger, stronger, better armed English force at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
Built by public subscription, in 1869, it's erection owed as much to donations from ordinary Scots and expatriates as it did to aristocratic sponsors such as the Marquis of Bute, or those, like the revolutionary leader Garibaldi, who were inspired by Wallace's indomitable spirit.
The day it's foundation stone was laid saw Stirling's population more than double - and it is still a place of pilgrimage.