This Working Memorial is a metaphorical and emotional evocation of the struggle for the abolition of slavery, above all historic, but which still continues into the present. Through the physical and symbolic transformation of 350 meters of the Loire riverfront in the center of Nantes (premier slave trading port in France) this urban landscape provides space and means for remembering and thinking about slavery and the slave trade; commemorating resistance and the abolitionist struggle; celebrating the historic act of abolition; and for bringing the visitor closer to the continuing struggle against present-day forms of slavery. The commemorative ground is connected to an underground preexisting space, (product of construction of embankments of 18th, 19th, 20th Centuries), the ‘passage’, heart of the memorial.
As ethico-political-urban-artistic-landscape-architectural project, this memorial will be agent and catalyst for transformative action, human rights activism and civic engagement.
| Tipologia | Espai fluvial |
| Promotor | General Construction: DLE Ouest, Nicholas Boterf Glass Wall: Polar, Torino, Paolo Cherasco Inserts: Atelier Barrois, Brioude, Emmanuel Barrois Lighting: Citelum, Nantes Landscape: ISIS Espaces Vertes, |
| Promoció | P?ca |
| Localització | Pays de la Loire, Nantes, França |
| Àrea | 8500 m² |
| Any inici | 2010 |
| Any finalització | 2012 |