Monument to Chocolate

Monument to Chocolate
Памятник шоколаду
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	55°55′05″N 39°10′31″E / 55.91806°N 39.17528°E
Location	Pokrov, Vladimir Oblast, Russia
Designer	Ilya Shanin
Material	Bronze
Height	3 metres (9.8 ft)
Opening date	1 July 2009

The Monument to Chocolate, commonly known as the Chocolate Fairy (‹See Tfd›Russian: Шоколадная фея), is a monument in the town of Pokrov, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. It was designed by sculptor Ilya Shanin.

The bronze statue is 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall. It depicts a fairy, shaped like a chocolate bar, holding a bar in their hand. The monument was unveiled on 1 July 2009, not far from the Pokrov Museum of Chocolate.^[1]

The monument was given to the town by Kraft Foods to mark the 15th anniversary of the company's operation in Russia.^[1]

Twenty sculptors from the cities of Vladimir and Saint Petersburg participated in the competition to design the monument.^[2]

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Museum of Chocolate". European Route of Industrial Heritage. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
^ "A monument to Chocolate unveiled in the town of Pokrov". Russia-IC. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2016.

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Museum of Chocolate". European Route of Industrial Heritage. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.

[russia-ic-2] "A monument to Chocolate unveiled in the town of Pokrov". Russia-IC. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2016.

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