Portal Of The Folded Wings: A Memorial For Early Aviation Pioneers

Located at the entrance of a cemetery in Los Angeles is a 75-foot tall marble shrine called "The Folding Wings" dome. Designed by Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr. and Italian-born sculptor Federico Augustino Giorgi in a Spanish Revival and Californian Churrigueresque style, the shrine is a memorial to early aviation pioneers. The memorial was built in 1924 at the Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery entrance in Burbank, California, 12 miles west of downtown L.A.



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