The Homomonument

The Homomonument was designed by Karin Daan and was officially opened in September 1987. It is made up of three pink marble triangles, one raised, one sunken in the ground and one forming steps down into the canal (the Keizersgracht), the three triangles are joined together with what look like brass strips that are also sunken into the Westermarkt. The three triangles are therfor joined together to make one large triangle forming The Homomonument. Three of the tips of the different triangles seem to point in prominent directions, one of them points to the COC building (the Dutch Gay liberation movement), another one points to the Anne Frank House (a reminder of previous persecution) and the third one dips into the tranquil Keizersgracht.