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Monument to the Shoemaker

Novo Hamburgo, Italy

Monument to the Shoemaker

The Monument to the Shoemaker (Portuguese: Monumento Ao Sapateiro) is a public sculpture in Novo Hamburgo, southern Brazil. It was designed by the artist Flávio Scholles in homage to the workers of shoe factories in Novo Hamburgo, and was inaugurated on 1 May 1979. The sculpture is located on a roun

dabout at the junction of Av. Nações Unidas and Av. Nicolau Becker. The six vertical elements represent the six days the workers worked each week, under an eight-hour clock, representing eight hours a day working on the production lines.

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