STATUES OF PROMETHEUS

The above map shows the rough locations of sculptures depicting or inspired by Prometheus, whether they are literal or abstract. There are Prometheus statues on every continent but Antarctica!

Each marker’s description contains a link that should take you to a page with - at minimum - an image of the sculpture. While I do not necessarily agree with all the motives to establish these monuments, I think they help show a portion of humanity’s relationship with Prometheus.

Australia

  • Melbourne: Site-responsive neon sculpture (James Geurts)

    • Austria

  • Vienna: Statue located in St. Michael's Square, at the entrance to the Hofburg Palace (Josef Lax)

    • Brazil

  • Rio de Janeiro: Statue located in Catacumba Municipal Natural Park, Lagoa (Evandro Carneiro)

    • Colombia

  • Medellín: Statue located at the Plazoleta Prometeo of the University of Medellín (Salvador Arango)
  • Medellín: Statue located on a wall outside of the Museum of Antioquia (Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt)

    • Czechia

  • Beroun: Statue located outside of hospital (Ladislav Janouch)
  • Brno: State located on top of column (Jiri Marek)
  • Hořice: Statue locating within Sculpture Park (Moshe Muller)
  • Kralupy nad Vltavou: Statue located in the hall of the railway station (Ladislav Martínek)
  • Prague: Statue located in front of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University (Václav Frydecký)
  • Prague: Statue located in the garden of the house Na Ořechovce 484/41

    • Egypt

  • Alexandria: Statue on the ground of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis)

    • France

  • Paris: Statue located in Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Ossip Zadkine)

    • Georgia

  • Borjomi: Statue against the rocky cliffs, within Central Park (Davi Khmaladze)

    • Germany

  • Bayreuth: Statue located within Festspielpark (Frans Huygelen)
  • Berlin: Integrated into the façade of the main building of the University of the Arts (Emil Hundrieser)
  • Heidelberg: Located at the entrance to Heidelberg University Library (Josef Durm)

    • Greece

  • Delphi: Statue at the entrance to the city of Delphi (Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis)

    • Hungary

  • Dorog: Statue located within the Jubilee Mining Monument on Jubileumi Square
  • Sárospatak: Statue in front of the community center; "Prometheus" is its alternate name (László Péterfy)

    • Japan

  • Toyama: Statue on top of fountain, outside of Hokuriku Electric Power Company Headquarters

    • Mexico

  • Mexico City: Statue outside the Faculty of Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt)

    • Moldova

  • Dnestrovsc: Statue near the site of the area's largest power plant

    • The Netherlands

  • Amsterdam: Statue located in front of the Olympic Stadium (Fred Carasso)
  • Delft: Statue located on the forecourt of Delft University of Technology grounds (L.O. Wenckebach)
  • Rotterdam: Statue located in the seating area on the side of the Academiestraat (Huib Noorlander)

    • North Macedonia

  • Skopje: Statue located opposite the Parliament building

    • Portugal

  • Gualtar: Statue located outside of the University of Minho (Sofia Gomes)
  • Lisbon: Statue located in the Jardim Constantino (Francisco Santos)

    • Romania

  • Argeș County: Statue located on Pleșa Mountain, watching over Vidraru Dam (Constantin Popovici)
  • Bucharest: Statue located in Herastrau Park (Joseph-Marie-Thomas Lambeaux)

    • Russia

  • Sochi: Statue located at the edge of the cliff, at the top of the Eagle Rocks (Alexander Kapralov)
  • St. Petersburg: Statue now located in the park on Olga Forsh
  • Tolyatti: Located on the side of the Palace of Culture (Yuri Bosco, Viktor Fetisov, and Semyon Vinograd)

    • Spain

  • Igualada: Statue located in the Plaça Sant Miquel (Josep Campeny)

    • Sweden

  • Nyköping: Located off of Västra Storgatan (Ivar Johnsson)

    • Switzerland

  • Liestal: Located in park next to the Berri Estate (August Suter)

    • Ukraine

  • Chernivtsi: Statue located on the side of a residental building
  • Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant: Statue moved here from Pripyat to commemorate lives lost
  • Kamianske: Statue located across the street from Kamianske Higher Vocational School
  • Kyiv: Statue located outside the Taras Shevchenko National Museum (Yevgeniy Prokopov)
  • Mykolaiv: Located on the corner of Pohranychna St. and Zakhysnykiv Mykolaieva St. (Yuriy Andreyevich Makushin)

    • The United Kingdom

  • Harefield: Statue located outside the Magdi Yacoub Institute (Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis)
  • Powys: Statue located outside Elan Valley Visitor Centre, commemorating Percy Bysshe Shelley (Christopher Kelly)

    • The United States

  • Los Angeles, California: Statue located inside MacArthur Park (Nína Sæmundsson)
  • Terre Haute, Indiana: Statue located outside the First Unitarian Universalist Church (John Laska)
  • New York City, New York: Statue Located above the lower plaza at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan (Paul Manship)
  • Greensboro, North Carolina: Statue located outside the Vance Chavis library (William Goodson Mangum)
  • Eugene, Oregon: Statue located north of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon (Jan Zach)
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Statue located at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, East Terrace steps (Jacques Lipchitz)
  • Union City, Tennessee: Statue and marker located in Discovery Park America
  • Austin, Texas: Statue located in the Bass Concert Hall Lobby (Koren Der Harootian)
  • Lubbock, Texas: Statue located outside the east entrance to Texas Tech's university library (Charles Umlauf)
  • Casper, Wyoming: Statue located in front of the Natrona County Library (Robert Russin)

    • Uruguay

  • Montevideo: Statue located in Plaza Isabel la Católica (Juan Manuel Ferrari)