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Pillar of Shame

Pillar of Shame is a series of sculptures by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt memorialising the loss of life during the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre in , committed by the Chinese Communist Party.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: sculpture series by Jens Galschiøt
  • Inscription: “六四屠杀; 老人岂能够; 杀光年轻人”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stephen Hui Geological Museum and HKU.

Museum
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The is the first and only geological museum in . It is located on the ground and first floors of the James Hsioung Lee Building, in the University of Hong Kong Main Campus. is situated 130 metres east of Pillar of Shame.

Metro station
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is a station on the MTR Island line located in the neighbourhood of Western, Hong Kong. The station is named after the adjacent University of Hong Kong. is situated 150 metres northwest of Pillar of Shame.

Museum
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The is located at 90 Bonham Road, next to the University of Hong Kong's East Gate entrance. Its exhibition galleries occupy the Fung Ping Shan Building as well as the first floor of the TT Tsui Building, where also the Museum Store is housed on the ground floor. is situated 270 metres east of Pillar of Shame.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shek Tong Tsui and Sai Ying Pun.

Suburb
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or Belcher Point is an area in Sai Wan on in Hong Kong. Administratively, it belongs to the .

Suburb
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is an area in Sai Wan, on , in . It is administratively part of the .

Suburb
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is a town and neighbourhood at the western end of Sai Wan on in Hong Kong. It was named after Arthur Edward Kennedy, the 7th governor of Hong Kong from 1872 to 1877.

Pillar of Shame

Latitude
22.28308° or 22° 16′ 59″ north
Longitude
114.13661° or 114° 8′ 12″ east
Open location code
7PJP74MP+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1925188564
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q2307544
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Pillar of Shame” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Pilar de la vergonya”
  • Chinese: “国殇之柱”
  • Chinese: “國殤之柱”
  • Czech: “Sloup hanby”
  • Danish: “Skamstøtten”
  • Dutch: “Pillar of Shame”
  • Esperanto: “La Kolono de la Honto”
  • Esperanto: “La Kolumno de la Honto”
  • French: “Pillar of Shame”
  • Ganda: “Pillar of shame( Empagi yo Buswavu)”
  • Ganda: “Pillar of shame”
  • German: “Haufen der Schande”
  • German: “Pillar of Shame”
  • German: “Säule der Schande”
  • Japanese: “国恥の柱”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skamstøtten”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skamstøtten”
  • Norwegian: “Skamstøtten”
  • Persian: “ستون شرم”
  • Polish: “Pillar of shame”
  • Portuguese: “A Coluna da Infâmia”
  • Spanish: “Pilar de la vergüenza”
  • Swedish: “Skampålen”
  • Thai: “เสาแห่งความอัปยศ”
  • Yue Chinese: “國殤之柱”

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