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Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-10-25

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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  • [01] 'Abduction of Europa' sculpture unveiled at European Parliament

  • [01] 'Abduction of Europa' sculpture unveiled at European Parliament

    The "Abduction of Europa" sculpture is adorning the entrance to the European Parliament in Strasbourg as of Tuesday. It is a work by the brothers Nikos and Pantelis Sotiriadis and a donation to the European Union by the municipality of Agios Nikolaos on the island of Crete.

    The work was delivered by Greek Tourist Development Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos to European Parliament Deputy President Luigi Coccilovo during a ceremony held in the afternoon.

    The sculpture, weighing almost six tons, has been made of three different materials. As Pantelis Sotiriadis explained, the bull has been made of stainless steel, since this material is the closest to the idea of the white bull, and is forged. The girl, Europa, has been made of bronze. Symbolically, the bull's back legs are immersed in green-blue glass which is reminiscent of the sea.

    Avramopoulos termed the ceremony "an event of lofty symbolisms", since as of Tuesday the European Parliament's yard will be adorned "by a visual arts composition, a symbol, which binds myth with history and brings us back to the roots of our new and common great country, Europe."

    The minister added that the sculpture is being offered to the European Parliament, "the temple of European democracy". "Here where, slowly but streadily, the new European architecture is being built and the foundations are being laid for its common cultural structure."


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