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Monument au Fantôme

Monument au Fantôme is an outdoor sculpture by French sculptor Jean Dubuffet, in 1977. It was originally inaugurated at the plaza of 1100 Louisiana. It is installed on Avenida de las Americas at in , , United States, since 2008.
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Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: monument in Houston, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Monument au Fantome”, “Monument au fantôme”, and “Monument to the Phantom”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Toyota Center and Discovery Green.

Stadium
Photo: Ed Uthman, CC BY 2.0.
is an indoor arena located in , Texas, United States. It is named after the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. The arena is home to the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association, and it was once the home of the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League, and the Houston Comets of the Women's National Basketball Association. is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Monument au Fantôme.

Park
Photo: Daderot, CC0.
is an 11.78-acre public in , , bounded by La Branch Street to the west, McKinney Street to the north, Avenida de las Americas to the east, and Lamar Street to the south.

Convention center
Photo: Brianreading, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , opened on September 26, 1987, is located on the east side of , , . The center was named for internationally recognized entrepreneur, engineer, civic leader, philanthropist and Houstonian George R. is situated 470 feet south of Monument au Fantôme.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Houston and Houston.

Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downtown is the central business district of . It is bounded by the I-10, I-45, and I-69 freeways.

Photo: Ed Schipul, CC BY 2.0.
is a sprawling port city in Southeastern . An oil boom and continuing international immigration has brought explosive growth to the city, and it is now the fifth largest metropolitan area in the United States and the most diverse large city since 2021.

Suburb
Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.
is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of . Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45, is characterized by a continuation of Downtown's square grid street plan, anchored by Main Street and the METRORail Red Line.

Monument au Fantôme

Latitude
29.75334° or 29° 45′ 12″ north
Longitude
-95.35835° or 95° 21′ 30″ west
Open location code
76X6QJ3R+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4322352014
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Wiki­data ID
Q18880407
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In Other Languages

From Basque to French—“Monument au Fantôme” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lindsey Waterside Landing & Garden and Cooper Industries Water Garden.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monument au Fantôme”. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.