The Oude Lombardsteeg, also called Passage de la Baleine, refers to the covered passages in Paris. At the same time, the work refers to the time when a large estuary divided the old sea clay area in Friesland in two and Leeuwarden was a settlement on the Middelzee. The ribs of a whale skeleton form the arches of a passage - the whale seems to be stuck in the narrow alley in the center of Leeuwarden. The LED lighting incorporated in the 60-metre-long skeleton still sets the entire organic colossus in motion again.
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Berti64

July 8, 2023

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I happened to see the skeleton and was amazed

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Horst

July 17, 2024

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What is it? Interesting walk under the skeleton

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