This memorial was presented to the city by the Finnish people of Canada in 1959 to honour Jean Sibelius and it is located in a small park in the Annex neigbourhood. Jean Sibelius Square has been in use since the 1950s but was recently refurbished with new playground equipment and a new outbuilding. In winter there is a natural ice rink and there are also lots of benches for relaxing. This pic was taken in the spring before the leaves came out since I haven't been out too much in our heat to take pics.
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20 comments:
A long life well lived!
He is certainly a composer worth honoring. Good to see his statue.
Gosh Canada is looking mighty good right now!
An excellent composer. I love his music.
Hope the heat wave subsides for you soon!! I always stop to check out memorials and statues, you never know who or what you will learn about.
That's a very nice little tribute in a great setting. It sounds like it's a good place to be in winter and summer.
I like memorial statues.
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A great composer.
Great composers. Does he have a special band with Canada?
What a wonderful tribute to a great composer.
...yep, the heat is a killer!
A nice tribute to a great composer
MB
Hello, nice memorial and statue. I try to take my walks early when it is cooler. Happy Thursday, enjoy your day!
He lived a long life Pat, this is a lovely tribute.
Another bit of history! I had no idea who he was until I just looked it up.
Nice monument!
Love Finlandia - beautiful piece of music, with a story behind it.
an Honor for this great composer and to the Finnish people of Canada ... part of the immigrants who make your country great. (And ours, in spite of what ‘certain people’ believe.
Wow, he lived a good long life!
It is so different from the monument to Sibelius in Helsinki . . . a mass of vertical tubes.
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