One of its poems is called "Mr. Burnshaw and the Statue," in which the figure of Burnshaw stands for the appeal of politics and the Statue for art.
In the famous Iwo Jima statue, in which men are also raising a flag, also taken from a famous photograph, there were questions, too: the sculptor rotated the men's faces, so they could be seen.
Rachel Robinson, Jackie's widow and the force behind the educational foundation named for him, said last week that although she appreciated the gesture, she would prefer a statue in which the two players were depicted as "equals".
The kingdom was bloodily suppressed by Genghis Khan, who may have hacked the faces off the statues -- in which damaged state they remained until last month, when the Taliban packed them with explosives and, over protests from around the world, blew them into oblivion.
In addition, in 681 communities demonstrators damaged symbols of Soviet authority such as red stars, Stalin or Lenin statues; 393 in which they damaged Soviet war memorials, and 122 communities in which book burnings took place.
It was the work of the art group Plastic Jesus, who constructed a similar statue last year in which the figure was seen apparently shooting up with heroin.
However, our correspondent in Maaloula has seen statues in churches which were left undamaged.
In 1811 he completed two colossal statues of Napoleon, in which the emperor is shown as a heroic classical nude.
In the case of Orsanmichele statues the room in which they are located has large windows on all four walls, which let in a lot of light, and one door leading directly to the outside.
But they had to contend with the booming sound in the barrel-vaulted, statue-filled gallery in which they appeared.
