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Enduring Strength  - To mark the Dec. 5 passing of a revolutionary as revered as Nelson Mandela, BET.com presents a collection of Madiba-inspired sculptures, landmarks and monuments featured in South Africa and abroad. — Britt Middleton and Dominique Zonyéé This sculpture erected by South African artist Marco Cianfanelli in 2012 marks the site where Mandela was captured and arrested by apartheid police in 1962. Located in Howick, South Africa, it features 50 steel columns measuring 21.32 and 29.52 feet each, created a 3-D image of Mandela's face and representing the 27 years he spent imprisoned for treason. (Photo: EPA/KIM LUDBROOK /LANDOV)

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A Symbol of Tolerance - Standing at nearly 23 feet tall, the recently unveiled bronze statue of Mandela on Naval Hill in Bloemfontein, South Africa, stands as a "symbol of the country’s reconciliation and tolerance as a nation," said African National Congress President Jacob Zuma at its 2012 unveiling.  (Photo: EPA/STR /LANDOV)

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Shining Figure - This bronze sculpture by Art Blevins was previously on display at the Americas Tower Exhibition Lobby in New York City. (Sculpture: Art Blevins, Courtesy of The Blevins Studio)

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Overcoming Struggle - Created by English sculptor Ian Walters, this bronze sculpture in London's South Bank neighborhood was created in 1988, two years before Mandela was released from prison. (Photo: Hoberman Collection/UIG via Getty Images)

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Mandela Square - Formerly known as Standton Square, the popular shopping district in Johannesburg, South Africa, was renamed to Nelson Mandela Square and a statue bearing his likeness was unveiled in 2003. The unveiling ceremony also commemorated 10 years of democracy in the nation. (Photo: REUTERS/Peter Andrews)

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A Man of the People - A second nine-foot sculpture by Walters was unveiled in 2007 in London's Parliament Square. (Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

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Mandela House Museum - The modest Johannesburg home where Nelson Mandela lived with his family for many years during his anti-apartheid campaign; was transformed into The Mandela House museum.  Many artifacts from the Mandela family are on display in the museum. (Photo: EPA/TJ LEMON/LANDOV)

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Long Walk to Freedom - This statue of Mandela was erected in 2008 at Groot Drakenstein Correctional Centre in Paarl, South Africa, where Mandela spent the end of his 27-year imprisonment. Groot Drakenstein Correctional Centre is also where Mandela and other ANC leaders negotiated his freedom with the apartheid government. It was here that he took his first steps as a free man in 1990. (Photo: REUTERS/Howard Burditt)

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Bridge to Freedom - The Nelson Mandela Bridge was completed in 2003.  It links the business areas of Braamfontein and Newtown in Johannesburg. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

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At Peace - The bust on display at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in Cape Town, South Africa, stands beside a pepper bark tree Mandela planted while visiting in 1996. The bust was unveiled in the gardens in 2010. (Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

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A Bright Spirit - A street mural near his old house in Alex township, Johannesburg, commemorated Mandela's 94th birthday in 2012. (Photo: EPA/KIM LUDBROOK /LANDOV)

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Sand Scuplture - In India, artist Sudarshan Pattnaik made a colorful sand sculpture on June 9; created in the likeness of Nelson Mandela, to wish him a speedy recovery.   (Photo: REUTERS/Stringer)

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Mediclinic Heart Hospital - A portrait of Mandela is spotted on July 16 painted on a wall outside of Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he was being treated in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo: AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

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Educational Opportunities - South African artist John Adams created a giant acrylic-on-canvas painting of Nelson Mandela in the driveway of his house in a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Adams was inspired to create the pieces as thanks to Mandela for creating educational opportunities that enabled him to become an artist. (Photo: AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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World Cup Tribute - Italian land artist Dario Gambarin ploughed a gigantic portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela, in 2010 in a country field in Castagnaro, Italy. Gambarin made the portrait to mark the end of the Soccer World Cup in South Africa.  (Photo: AP Photo/Dario Gambarin, File)

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Buildings Transformed to Art - A portrait of Mandela was installed on the windows of a building in downtown Cape Town, South Africa, in this June 13, 2013 file photo. (Photo: AP Photo/File)

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Speaking to Generations - A child looks through a fence at a portrait Mandela in a park in Soweto, South Africa. (Photo: AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

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Mandela in Stages - A hawker pushes his goods along a street in Soweto, South Africa, past portraits of Mandela depicted in various stages of his life.(Photo: AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)l

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Freedom Fighters - Mandela, is pictured on a mural with South African apartheid freedom fighter Steve Biko on a building in Cape Town, South Africa in 2010. (Photo: AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)

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South African Pride - A mural depicting Mandela is erected on a hill in Soweto, South Africa. (Photo: AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

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The Center of Peace - A portrait of Mandela stands out in the center of a mural on a cooling tower of a defunct power station in Soweto, South Africa, in 2012.(Photo: AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

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From South Africa to Haiti - A painting of Mandela is featured on the side of a public bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in June.  (Photo: AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)

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Clothing Memorabilia - A T-shirt bearing the image of Nelson Mandela is displayed for sale on a street in Soweto township in South Africa.  (Photo: AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)

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Mandela in 2700 Pieces - In Essen, Germany, a woman viewed in 2011, "Mandela, 2700 pieces of Life's history," made of burned spruce wood by Ivory Coast artist Jems Robert Koko Bi.  The piece symbolized the fight for freedom.(Photo: AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

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Fashion for Mandela - A woman wearing earrings bearing the image of Nelson Mandela bowed her head outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Mandela was being treated in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo: AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

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Larger Than Life - Large photographs of Nelson Mandela were displayed in June at the Nelson Mandela Legacy Exhibition at the Civic Centre in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo: AP Photo/File)

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Permanent Statements - Tattoo artist Charles Hearne creates a portrait of Nelson Mandela on a client at a tattoo studio in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2012. (Photo: AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)