Statue of Sun Yat-sen (Chinatown, Toronto)

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Statue of Sun Yat-sen
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Statue of Sun Yat-sen (Chinatown, Toronto)
Subject Sun Yat-sen
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates 43°39′4.6″N79°23′52″W / 43.651278°N 79.39778°W / 43.651278; -79.39778

A statue of Sun Yat-sen is installed outside the Chinatown Centre on Spadina in Chinatown, Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. The statue is not the city's only depicting Sun Yat-sen; one by Joe Rosenthal is installed in Riverdale Park. [1]

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References

  1. DiMatteo, Enzo (2021-06-13). "Hidden Toronto: Sun Yat-sen statue in Riverdale Park". NOW Toronto. Archived from the original on 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2023-11-17.