Statue l'envol de Yonel Lebovici

Since 2014, this beautiful 4.50 m tall statue has adorned Place du Pradel, located very close to the center of the village of MONTOLIEU. In dark green-brown patinated bronze, it weighs 250 kg. Named the FLIGHT by its creator, it represents a tree that gradually turns into books, which take their "flight", like so many birds, towards the sky. On the first sheets, one can read the text "BIRDS" of Saint-John PERSE ... !!! Nice allegory of what the book represents in our civilization. Coming mainly from wood by its composition, it diffuses knowledge and culture in all directions thanks to its significant diffusion. When opened, it actually looks like a bird with its wings spread, and its printed pages are the universal medium of all times and all horizons ... Thus, millions of volumes are printed each year, in France alone, and LE LIVRE remains essential for enriching and cultivating. Especially in this village, where, despite the evolution of technologies, 17 bookstores and tens of thousands of books have been welcoming visitors throughout the year since 1990 ...! MONTOLIEU is indeed one of the 8 villages and cities of the Hexagon book and this statue, recently inaugurated, is therefore an invitation to reflect on what is the power of the written word and its place in our societies. As long as there are BOOKS ...!