Hibernia statue

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The Hibernia statue is an allegorical sculpture representing Ireland that crowns the pediment of Dublin’s General Post Office, one of the city’s most iconic nationalist symbols.


Statements (40)
Predicate Object
instanceOf allegorical sculpture
national personification
public sculpture
associatedWith General Post Office, Dublin
O’Connell Street, Dublin
country Ireland
crowns pediment of the General Post Office, Dublin
culturalContext Irish independence movement
Irish nationalism
depicts female figure
personification of Ireland
flankedBy allegorical statue of Fidelity
allegorical statue of Mercury
genre allegorical art
neoclassical sculpture
hasPart attributes of sovereignty
classical drapery
hasRole civic symbol of Dublin
nationalist symbol
heritageDesignation symbol of Irish national heritage
imageUsedIn representations of the General Post Office, Dublin
tourism promotion for Dublin
inception 19th century
locatedIn Dublin
Ireland
locatedOn roofline of the General Post Office, Dublin
material stone
notableFor prominent visibility on O’Connell Street
role as a nationalist symbol in Dublin
partOf architectural decoration of the General Post Office, Dublin
façade of the General Post Office, Dublin
position central figure of the GPO pediment statuary group
represents Hibernia
Ireland
symbolizes Ireland as a female figure
Irish identity
Irish nation
Irish nationalism
usedAs iconic image of Dublin
iconic image of Irish nationalism

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
General Post Office, Dublin
hasStatue

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