SAINT-BEAT-LEZ

STATUE : MONOLYTHE

The Monolith statue was created in 2014 by Dutch sculptor Karin Van Ommeren, as part of the Saint-Béat Sculpture and Marble Festival.

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Carved in local white marble from the Rapp quarry, the work takes the form of a slender column topped by an abstract knot motif. While the artist is primarily evoking a historical memory – in particular the former Roman quarry at Saint-Béat, known as the ‘Roman breach’, and the inspiration of Trajan’s column, alluded to in a local legend – some interpret the knot as a stylised representation of the sinuous curves of mountain roads, characteristic of the Pyrenean landscape.

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