Statue near Ballitore on R448 road

Roadtoad · 2023-04-20 17:49:32

There's a slender steel piller with a chap (head and torso) aloft, reading a book. It looks like it can rotate, judging from the mechanism visible low down. How old it it? Who erected it? What does it represent? There's a dearth of references on www. Sorry, I know a photo paints a thousand words!

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There's a slender steel piller with a chap (head and torso) aloft, reading a book. It looks like it can rotate, judging from the mechanism visible low down.
How old it it? Who erected it? What does it represent?
There's a dearth of references on www.
Sorry, I know a photo paints a thousand words!

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