They received $1,500 for labor and materials - and in at least one case, transportation. Cedar Rapids native Terri Willits trucked two statues to her home studio in St. Louis.

The statues depict St. Michael and St. Florian, patron saints of police and firefighters, and have drawn criticism for their religious imagery and depiction of violence.

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Quincy mayor defends $850,000 patron saint statues at public safety building “People in the end will understand that it’s beautiful public art," Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch said in a radio interview.

Early Gothic Gothic architecture first emerged in mid-12th-century Paris with churches like the Basilica of Saint-Denis, which is often regarded as the birth of the style.

Saginaw and Bay City News Giant statue of ‘American Gothic’ figures and other statues coming to Saginaw this summer Updated: May. 13, 2020, 9:28 a.m. | Published: May. 13, 2020, 8:42 a.m.

All the large statues at the base of the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris are back in place, more than six years after ...