article_snippet: The four-foot tall, plastic sculpture of the communist revolutionary, was presented to Gloucester council by dignitaries from his birthplace of Trier, Germany - which is twinned with the city.
article_snippet: Trier made 500 of the statues which were placed across the citythe city, and one was donated to Gloucester in order to symbolise Karl Marx's journey across Europe, because the cities are twinned.
article_snippet: The four-foot tall, plastic sculpture of the communist revolutionary, was presented to Gloucester council by dignitaries from his birthplace of Trier, Germany - which is twinned with the city.
article_snippet: Trier made 500 of the statues and one was donated to Gloucester in order to symbolise Marx's journey across Europe . '
article_snippet: The statue of the revolutionary Trier-born socialist, who wrote The Communist Manifesto, was donated to Gloucester
highlights_snippet: Statue given to Gloucester council by Marx's birthplace of Trier, Germany .
  
highlights_snippet: Trier made 500 of the statues which were placed across the city .
  
highlights_snippet: One donated to Gloucester to symbolise Marx's journey across Europe .
  