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2. Liverpool The Liver bird on Mersey Chambers
The liver bird is a mythical creature which is the
symbol of the English city of Liverpool. It is
normally represented as a cormorant, and
appears as such on the city's arms, in which it
bears a branch of laver seaweed in its beak as a
further pun on the name "Liverpool"

3. The Liver Building is a listed building, part of the UNESCO World Heritage site. Representing as the symbol of the city for
over a massive 800 years, the magnificent metal liver birds have held statue across Liverpool’s breath-taking skyline since
1911. Perched on top of the historic Royal Liver Building, the Liver Birds are said to have originated in 1207 when King
John was granted a Royal Charter to register the city of Liverpool as a borough. Needing a unique seal to differentiate
documents and sterling from his territory, the symbol of the bird was chosen to feature as part of his crest

4. Standing an impressive 18ft tall, the Birds made of copper hold
a wingspan of 24ft! The two birds are a prominent display
within the city, and previously rekindled the idea that the Liver
was a mythical bird that once haunted the local shoreline.
History has it that the Liver Birds are a male and female pair,
that go by the name of Bella and Bertie. Bella the female, looks
out to sea, watching for the seamen to return safely home. While
the male, Bertie looks into the city, watching over the seamen’s
families (or old wives’ tales – making sure the pubs are open!).

5. Urban legend also has it that the Birds face away from each other as if they were to mate and fly away, the city would
cease to exist! Another local tale also tells of the Birds being chained down, as if they were to fly away the River Mersey
would burst its banks and flood the city of Liverpool.

6. Bertie and Bella are not the only Birds running this city; there are over a hundred disseminated throughout the city

7. Liver bird from the old Sailors' Home, now in Liverpool Museum
Symbol of Liverpool on the waterfront of the River Mersey

9. Museum of
Liverpool

10. The Duck Fountain
by Robert Kühmayer,
1914
Bratislava
at Šafárikovo Square

12. The Duck Fountain
by Robert Kühmayer,
Bratislava

13. The
Duck
Fountain
by
Robert
Kühmayer,
Bratislava

16. The Duck Fountain
by Robert Kühmayer,
Bratislava

17. Adel Abdessemed
(Franco Algerian,
1971) pigeon
voyageur

18. Adel Abdessemed (Franco Algerian, 1971)
Bristow, 2016

19. Adel
Abdessemed
(Franco
Algerian, 1971)
Bristow, 2016
on the top floor
of the multi-
storey car park
in central
Peckham, south
London

21. Kazakhstan, Almata (Old Square)
Monument to Manshuk Mametova and Aliya Moldagulovok.
Heroines of the Great Patriotic War

22. Kazakhstan, Almata (Old Square)
Monument to Manshuk Mametova and Aliya Moldagulovok.
Heroines of the Great Patriotic War

23. Brussels
(Belgium)
Monument to
pigeon soldiers
sculpteur
Victor Voets
(1882-1950)

25. Brussels (Belgium)
Monument to pigeon soldiers
sculpteur
Victor Voets (1882-1950)

26. Brussels
(Belgium)
Monument
to
pigeon
soldiers
Victor
Voets
(1882-1950)

27. Brussels (Belgium) Monument to pigeon soldiers
Victor Voets (1882-1950)

28. Dove of Peace Monument La Paz Mexico by Juan Soriano (1920-2006)

29. Juan Soriano (1920-2006)
Inauguration of the Juan
Soriano Sculpture Garden

30. Juan Soriano
(Mexican, 1920-2006)
Museo de Arte
Contemporáneo Juan
Soriano, Cuernavaca

31. Juan
Soriano
(Mexican,
1920-2006)
Museo
de
Arte
Contemporáneo
Juan
Soriano,
Cuernavaca

32. Pajaro
Centro
Cultural
Universitario
de
la
UNAM,
Ciudad
de
México
Juan
Soriano
(Mexican,
1920-2006)
La
Paloma
.Colima,
México

33. Juan Soriano
(Mexican, 1920-2006)
La Paloma
Museo de Arte
Contemporaneo de
Monterrey
Pájaro III (caminando)
exhibition Manhattan

34. Juan Soriano
(Mexican,
1920-2006)
Pájaro sobre la
Ola
(Bird on the
Wave)
en Colima

35. Juan Soriano
(Mexican, 1920-2006)

36. Juan
Soriano
(Mexican,
1920-2006)
Pájaro.
Collection
Museum
of
Modern
Art,
Mexico
City
El
águila,
del
proyecto
Libertad
en
Bronce

37. Sioux
Falls
Sculpture
Walk
Dove
Spirit
a bronze
sculpture
by Onley,
VA artist
David
Turner

38. Four stylized
doves forming
arches
by
Eliezer Weishoff
(Israel, 1938)
Rishon LeZion
(Israel)

39. Eliezer Weishoff (Israel, 1938)
Ceramic Pelican Figural Sculpture, 1960’s Rooster

40. Eliezer Weishoff (Israel, 1938)
Owl
Rooster

41. Eliezer Weishoff (Israel, 1938) Bronze

42. Francesco Perilli
(Italian, 1949)
Monument to Multiculturalism,
Union Station,Toronto
(Canada)

43. Francesco Perilli
(Italian, 1949)
Monument to Multiculturalism,
Union Station,Toronto (Canada)

44. The monument Pigeons of Peace in Angarsk

45. The monument Dove of Peace in Penza, Russia

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Sound: Arno Alyvan - Follow Me (feat. GWTG) Extrait de la série Tandem
2021