South Holland
Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region
Rotterdam

Slavery Monument

The Slavery Monument is a memorial commemorating the Dutch history of slavery, located in the city of , Netherlands. Named Clave: The body that is a slave leaves, the soul that is free remains the name inspired by the rhythms of Afro-Cuban music and…
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Description: public artwork by Alex da Silva in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Clave”, “Clave: The body that is a slave leaves, the soul that is free remains”, “Slavernijmonument”, “Slavernijmonument Rotterdam”, and “Slavery Memorial, Rotterdam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Euromast and SS Rotterdam.

Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an observation tower in , , designed by Hugh Maaskant constructed between 1958 and 1960. It was specially built for the 1960 Floriade, and is a listed monument since 2010. is situated 650 metres northeast of Slavery Monument.

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The fifth , also known as "The Grande Dame", is a former ocean liner and cruise ship, and has been a hotel ship in , , since 2010. is situated 1 km southeast of Slavery Monument.

Museum
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Municipal is an art museum in in the . The name of the museum is derived from its two most important donors, Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. is situated 1½ km northeast of Slavery Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lloydkwartier and Delfshaven.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of , , located near the city centre. It is associated with creative industries, and has a distinctive visual style.

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is a district of . The former city, the name of which literally means harbour of , was founded in 1389 as a harbour settlement of Delft, which through a canal was supposed to secure Delft's access to the river Meuse.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , . a postwar district in the west of the city with approximately 3,500 inhabitants. The district is bounded to the east by the port of , in the south by the Nieuwe Maas, in the west by the port areas of IJselhaven and Pelgrimsstraat and Westzeedijk in the north.

Slavery Monument

Latitude
51.90128° or 51° 54′ 5″ north
Longitude
4.45987° or 4° 27′ 36″ east
Open location code
9F36WF25+GW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4465317142
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Wiki­data ID
Q27135763
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Slavery Monument” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Slavernijmonument – Clave”
  • Dutch: “Slavernijmonument (Rotterdam)”
  • Dutch: “Slavernijmonument”
  • German: “Clave”
  • German: “Slavernijmonument”

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