Paxmal
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The Paxmal Monument
The Paxmal is a peace monument built by Karl Bickel between 1924 and 1949, in above Walenstadt, in front of the Churfirsten mountain range Switzerland.[1]
The left wall depicts the earthly life: a human couple in its existence and development, love and procreation. The right wall is devoted to the spiritual life: the beings who are awakened, struggling, and which keep growing. [2]
Karl Bickel was a Swiss artist who worked for the Swiss Post as a stamps graphic designer.
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- Monuments and memorials in Switzerland
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- Walenstadt
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