Reverence
Reverence is a sculpture in Vermont created by Jim Sardonis in 1989 that depicts two tails of whales "diving" into a sea of grass. It is meant to symbolize the fragility of the planet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork_type: sculpture
- Description: sculpture by Jim Sardonis
- Also known as: “Whale Tails”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Burlington International Airport and Cairns Arena.
Burlington International Airport
Aerodrome
Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport is a joint-use civil-military airport serving Burlington, Vermont's most populous city, and its metropolitan area. Burlington International Airport is situated 2 miles north of Reverence.
Cairns Arena
Sports venue
C. Douglas Cairns Recreation Arena, more commonly known as Cairns Arena, is a 600-seat hockey arena in South Burlington, Vermont. It is home to the Saint Michael's College Purple Knights men's and women's ice hockey teams, the University of Vermont club ice hockey team, and a number of high school hockey teams. Cairns Arena is situated 1½ miles west of Reverence.
University Mall
Shopping center
The University Mall, often referred to as the U-Mall, is an enclosed shopping mall in South Burlington, Vermont. The name refers to its proximity to the University of Vermont. University Mall is situated 2½ miles northwest of Reverence.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Essex Junction and Williston.
Essex Junction
Town
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Essex is a town in Northwest Vermont. It is the largest town and second most populated place in Vermont. About half the population lives in the village of Essex Junction, which separated from the town of Essex in 2023. Essex Junction is situated 3½ miles northeast of Reverence.
Williston
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Williston is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. Originally rural and laid out with many farms, in recent decades it has developed into a thriving suburb of Burlington, the largest city in the state of Vermont.
Winooski
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Winooski is a city of 7,997 in Northwest Vermont across the Winooski River from Burlington. It is both the most densely populated and smallest city by area in the state.
Reverence
- Categories: sculpture and tourism
- Location: South Burlington, Chittenden County, Northwest Vermont, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.4456° or 44° 26′ 44″ northLongitude
-73.14313° or 73° 8′ 35″ westInception
1989Open location code
87P8CVW4+6POpenStreetMap ID
way 544034406OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q2507564
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Reverence” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وقار”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Planet Fitness and South Burlington Police Department.
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