Red bison
The red bison ( Belarusian Чырвоны Зубр , Tschyrwony Subr ) is a monumental steel sculpture painted in dark red in Belarus . It is on the M 1 motorway , a section of Europastrasse 30 . The sculpture represents a bison , a national symbol of Belarus; this species once lived in large herds in the landscapes of Eastern Europe .
The sculpture is located on the eastern border of the Breszkaja Woblasz and stands as a landmark on a small hill in the fields of the municipality of Ischkald . The location is about 100 kilometers west of the capital Minsk , and it is about 240 kilometers in the opposite direction to the Polish-Belarusian border crossing at Brest .
The figure of the red bison is a regional landmark and is used for tourism marketing . It was derived from the traditional heraldic animal wisent of the Breszkaja Woblasz. Several sports clubs in the region also use the bison as an advertising figure.
The figure has a height of about 22 meters and a length of about 25 meters. The structure was created using the volume section construction method developed in shipbuilding . In its appearance and long-distance effect, the red bison is reminiscent of the monumental sculpture Toro de Osborne in Spain, which has already been produced in over 80 copies .
Web links
- Image from the driver's perspective (JPG, 2.8 MB, source: PANORAMIO.COM)
Coordinates: 53 ° 17 ′ 45.6 ″ N , 26 ° 21 ′ 37 ″ E