| The Statue of the 'Imperia' at the Harbor Entrance from KONSTANZ ......at the Bodensee (Lake Constance). The statue satirically reminds of the Council of Constance (1414-1418). On her raised hands she carries two dwarfish naked little men. The man in her right hand carries the crown of a king on his head and holds an imperial orb in his hand, the figure in her left wears a papal tiara and sits with his legs crossed.The figure is cast from concrete, nine meters high, weighing 18 tons and turns with the help of a round table once within four minutes around its own axis. In its base a level measuring station is integrated (Wikipedia), May 2019 |