10/01/2021

Ladya - Samara, Russia


The stele "Ladya"  is a monumental sculptural composition, one of the sights of Samara. It is a massive concrete structure of twenty meters in height. It was erected in 1986 by the project of the Samara architects Anatoly Yankin and Igor Galakhov.
The monument stylized depicts an ancient sailing boat floating on the waves, personifying the history of the region when ships of Russian merchants and knights passed by the banks of the Volga. 


 

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