Bestiary of the City of Luxembourg: Iconography of Animals in Urban Space
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Wildlife
Animals have played a crucial role in the history of Luxembourg. Whether in folk religiosity, architecture, art or literature: animals – made of stone and metal, hidden in façade decorations or as distinctive sculptures, as symbols of family names or as coats of arms – are omnipresent in the cityscape. This lecture focuses on the iconography of animals in the urban space, recounting over a thousand years of city history and millions of years of natural history. The starting point is the many animal figures found in the former "Gibraltar of the North." The lecture will discuss the lion in the city’s coat of arms, the story of the bear on a façade, or the presence of flamingos at an old pharmacy. With anecdotes, discover the past and present fauna of Luxembourg City, the "green heart of Europe," where diverse natural habitats favor a rich animal and plant life.
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Speaker: Patrick Michaely, museum director and exhibition curator "animalECH".
Meeting point: Museum reception.
Price: Free.
Automatically translated from German.
Where does it take place?
Musée national d'histoire naturelle (MNHNL)
25
rue Münster
2160 Luxembourg
Luxembourg
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