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The Monument

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Designed and executed by the Swedish-American sculptor Carl Milles, this irregular hexagon of black Swedish granite features bas reliefs of contacts between settlers and Indians, Queen Christina on horseback, Governor Johan Printz, the Swedes receiving William Penn, and other scenes, and it is surmounted by a stylized wave bearing the Kalmar Nyckel.
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