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Nanjing Municipal Government donates steel 'Eternal Ring' sculpture to Marathon Municipal Government

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•GreeceDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•GreeceSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 10, 2018
Start (actual)
Nov 10, 2018
End (actual)
Nov 10, 2018

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Nanjing Municipal Government

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Marathon (Greece) Municipal Government

Loan description

Nanjing Municipal Government donates steel 'Eternal Ring' sculpture to Marathon Municipal Government

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On November 10, 2018, the Nanjing Municipal Government donated a steel, arch-shaped "Eternal Ring" sculpture to Marathon (Greece) Municipal Government, its sister city. The purpose of the sculpture is to celebrate the establishment of sister city ties between Marathon and Nanjing in 2016. On November 10, 2018, a day before the annual 36th Athens Authentic Marathon, Greek and Chinese officials officially unveiled the sculpture. The ceremony was attended by Chinese Ambassador to Greece Zhang Qiyue, the Chairman of the Standing Committee of Nanjing Municipal People's Congress Long Xiang, the Mayor of Marathon Ilias Psinakis, and the Greek Deputy Minister for Sports and Culture Giorgos Vassiliadis. The sculpture is made of stainless steel and has a height of 5.1 meters and a side width of 1.9 meters. It adopts the shape of the Möbius ring, which conveys the "infinite" and endless concept of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and the German mathematician Möbius. The statue stands near the beginning of the Athens Authentic Marathon. The financial value of the sculpture is unknown.