Broken Chair
Broken Chair is a monumental sculpture in wood designed by Swiss artist Daniel Berset, and constructed by carpenter Louis Genève. It is constructed of 5.5 tons of wood and is 12 metres high.
- Work of art
- …is a sculpture
- …is wheelchair accessible
- …dates from 1997
- Description: monumental sculpture in Geneva
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Broken Chair
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Latitude
46.2228° or 46° 13′ 22″ north
Longitude
6.13885° or 6° 8′ 20″ east
Open location code
8FR864FQ+4G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = artwork
OpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type = sculpture
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Broken Chair” goes by many names.
Կոտրված աթոռArmenian
Broken ChairBasque
Tukawan na PilayCentral Bikol
断椅Chinese
跛腳椅Chinese
Broken ChairDutch
כיסא שבורHebrew
Broken ChairItalian
壊れた椅子Japanese
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