Tuesday, September 6, 2011

City Hall-County Bldg. [Sculptural reliefs: Fasces]



City Hall-County Building: Fasces..



Fasces on City hall entrance..

Fasces on Cook County entrance..

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2 comments:

adgorn said...

It's called fasces, which means bundle and which symbolize strength through unity. It was a symbol of the Roman empire and shows up in various government buildings. Wikipedia has a comprehensive article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasces which also features the City Hall entrance.

July 9, 2010 at 5:13 PM
Jyoti said...

Thanks again Alan.
I had read about "fasces" and then completely forgot the terminology!!! Really appreciate Alan!!!

July 11, 2010 at 6:15 AM

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