Tørskind Gravel Pit (''Tørskind Grusgrav'') is a former gravel pit converted into a sculpture park near
Egtved
Egtved is a village with a population of 2,433 (as of 1 January 2025) near Vejle, Denmark in Vejle municipality in the Denmark, Danish Region of Southern Denmark. Nearby is Tørskind Gravel Pit, a sculpture park.
The village has a Romanesque arc ...
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Vejle
Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality (''Municipalities of De ...
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Denmark
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. The sculptures were created by
Robert Jacobsen (1912–1993) and Jean Clareboudt (1944–1997) over five years from 1986 to 1991. The park features works made of
steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon that demonstrates improved mechanical properties compared to the pure form of iron. Due to steel's high Young's modulus, elastic modulus, Yield (engineering), yield strength, Fracture, fracture strength a ...
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granite
Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...
and timber.
References
External links
Tourist Guide in English
Culture of Denmark
Sculpture gardens, trails and parks in Denmark
Art museums and galleries in Denmark
Museums in the Region of Southern Denmark
Tourist attractions in Vejle Municipality
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