BICENTENNIAL MONUMENT

The three pairs of sprawling white wings of the Bicentennial Monument are simply bricked up at the roundabout between 5th of June and Liberation Avenue. Striking as they are, they inevitably make all viewers speculate about the significance of this elegant, geometric work of art.

This is the Bicentennial Monument, known in Creole as the 'Moniman trwa lezel' (Three Wings Monument), was erected in 1978 on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the city of Victoria. Mahé ...was erected. Founded in 1778 by the Frenchman Charles Routier de Romainville as a branch of the King. The monument was created by the Italian artist Lorenzo Appiani, who was Seychelles lived.

The three wings represent the origin of the Population the Seychelles, which can be described as a cheerful mixture of ethnic groups from three continents (Africa, Europe, Asia). The wings could also symbolize the first discoverers of the islands. Birds, of course.