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The Wojtek Memorial Trust''〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wojtekthebear.org.uk )〕 is a Scottish Charity (SCO41057) established in 2009 to celebrate the life of Wojtek, "the Soldier Bear", the lives of those who knew him, and their stories during and after the Second World War. The Trust also aims to promote wider understanding of the many historic and current links between the peoples of Poland and Scotland. ==Wojtek Statue in Edinburgh== The Trust has commissioned a memorial〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wojtekthebear.org.uk/wojtekthebear.org.uk/Memorial_Site_Plans.html )〕 to honour Wojtek, and remember the courage of all Polish soldiers. It will be located in Princes Street Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland. Planning permission was received from the City of Edinburgh Council on 16 September 2013 (13/02699/FUL). The memorial will take the form of a life and a quarter bronze statue of a Polish soldier with Wojtek, and a 4m low relief pictorial panel to be set on a granite platform. The ambition is to source the granite from Poland so that the soldier and the bear can stand on a piece of Polish homeland. The sculptor is Alan Beattie Herriot〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://rbs.org.uk/index.php?/artists/alan-beattie-herriot )〕 and the caster Powderhall Bronze〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.powderhallbronze.co.uk/ )〕 in Edinburgh. Its setting has been designed by Raymond Muszynski of Morris & Steedman Associates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.msastudio.co.uk/ )〕 The statue will be located on the terrace walk at the west end of Princes Street Gardens, on the south side of the main terrace at the corner of a pathway leading down into the main area of the gardens. The figures are standing, waiting to engage with the passers by. This is an important part of the story for this most sociable bear and his keeper. Wide stone steps will provide a welcome seating point from which to view the gardens. The pictorial panel animates the story and provides a sensitive new feature in the gardens. It will also be cast in bronze. Planting behind the panel of beech and hawthorn will reflect the flora of the country lanes in Berwickshire, where Wojtek lived at Winfield Camp.. Hawthorn is the symbol of love and beech is the symbol of prosperity and friendship The artistry of the sculpture will be appreciated from Princes Street looking down into the gardens; at the terrace level as a walking encounter with the bear and his keeper; and looking up from the lower path to see the statue in a natural elevation. Furthermore, the aspect to the castle will be reminiscent of that which faced the soldiers at the final Battle of Monte Cassino in May 1944 as they fought their way up the slopes assisted by Wojtek. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wojtek Memorial Trust」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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