Liberty Monument | |
Native Name: | Laliberte |
Location: | 5th June Avenue, Victoria, Seychelles |
Designer: | Tom Bowers |
Type: | sculpture |
Material: | bronze |
Begin: | 2014 |
Complete: | 2014 |
Dedicated To: | Seychelles Independence |
Laliberte (English: Liberty Monument) is an historic monument in Victoria, Seychelles. It was erected in celebration of the Seychelles' independence from Britain.
It was unveiled by James Michel on 29 June 2014 during an Independence Day celebration as a replacement of the Zonm Lib (English: free man) statue which was erected in 1978.[1]
The Liberty Monument was designed and sculpted by Tom Bowers and was cast in bronze at the BronzeAge Foundry in Cape Town, South Africa.[2] [3] It depicts a man and a woman holding over their heads the national flag.[4]