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[[File:Paxmal by Karl Bickel.jpg|thumb|upright|The Paxmal Monument]] |
[[File:Paxmal by Karl Bickel.jpg|thumb|upright|The Paxmal Monument]] |
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The '''Paxmal''' is a peace monument built by Karl Bickel between 1924 and 1949, in [[Walenstadtberg]] above [[Walenstadt]], in front of the [[Churfirsten]] mountain range [[Switzerland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Paxmal |url=https://www.graubuenden.ch/en/attractions/paxmal |website=graubuenden.ch |publisher=Graubünden Tourism |access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref> |
The '''Paxmal''' is a peace monument built by [[Karl Bickel]] between 1924 and 1949, in [[Walenstadtberg]] above [[Walenstadt]], in front of the [[Churfirsten]] mountain range in [[Switzerland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Paxmal |url=https://www.graubuenden.ch/en/attractions/paxmal |website=graubuenden.ch |publisher=Graubünden Tourism |access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref> |
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The left wall depicts the earthly life: a couple |
The left wall depicts the earthly life: a human couple in its existence and development, love and procreation. The right wall is devoted to the spiritual life: the beings who are awakened, struggling, and which keep growing. <ref>{{cite web |title=Paxmal |url= https://www.schweizmobil.ch/en/wanderland/services/places-of-interest/sehenswuerdigkeit-0138.html |website=schweizmobil.ch |publisher=SwitzerlandMobility |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref> |
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Karl Bickel was a Swiss [[artist]] who worked for the [[Swiss Post]] as a [[Postage_stamp | stamps]] [[graphic designer]]. |
Karl Bickel was a Swiss [[artist]] who worked for the [[Swiss Post]] as a [[Postage_stamp | stamps]] [[graphic designer]]. |
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Latest revision as of 17:30, 12 May 2023
The Paxmal is a peace monument built by Karl Bickel between 1924 and 1949, in Walenstadtberg above Walenstadt, in front of the Churfirsten mountain range in Switzerland.[1]
The left wall depicts the earthly life: a human couple in its existence and development, love and procreation. The right wall is devoted to the spiritual life: the beings who are awakened, struggling, and which keep growing. [2]
Karl Bickel was a Swiss artist who worked for the Swiss Post as a stamps graphic designer.
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