Namibia to receive 15th century artifact from Germany

Source: Xinhua| 2019-05-17 18:46:33|Editor: xuxin
Video PlayerClose

WINDHOEK, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Namibia will receive one of the most valuable art pieces in the 15th century, the cross-capsule column taken by German colonists and exhibited in a museum in Berlin, Germany, the Namibian Genocide Committee announced Friday.

The German Minister of State responsible for International Cultural Policy at the Federal Foreign Office, Michelle Müntefering (SPD), also released a statement welcoming corresponding decision by the museum.

"The return of cultural goods is an important building block for our common future with Namibia," said Müntefering in a statement.

The cross-capsule column is a former Portuguese national emblem, which was adopted by Portugal around 1486 at the Modern day Namibian coast.

Also known as "Cape Cross" column is 3.5 meters high, more than a ton heavy and ends with a cross. Emperor Wilhelm II taken it in 1894, when the country had become a colony of Deutsch-Südwestafrika (German-Southwest Africa), after Berlin.

A copy of the column was erected by Germans in 1895 and was declared a national monument by Namibia in 1968. In 2017 Namibia demanded the return of the original column.

Already in August of last year, Müntefering had genocide human remains at his disposal returned to Namibia from Germany.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001380670021
国产无码在线观看免费在线,37pao国产成视频,日韩一区二区视频在线,国产国产人免费人成免费视频麻豆
亚洲精品无播放在线播放 | 一本久久知道综合久久 | 亚洲高清一区二区三区不卡 | 视频一区中文字幕日韩视频 | 亚洲国产欧洲综合997久久 | 亚洲综合自拍一区首页 |