Copenhagen's Little Mermaid going to China in 2010

The Little Mermaid will leave Denmark for the first time in its nearly 100-year history.

The City of Copenhagen decided Wednesday to send the landmark statue to next year's World Exhibition in Shanghai, where it will stand at the center of Denmark's official pavilion.

The statue has been sitting in Copenhagen's harbor since 1913, and draws at least 1 million visitors a year. It was created by Danish sculptor Edvard Eriksen as a tribute to Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen.

Her international fame grew after she was first beheaded in 1963. Since then she has been vandalized and repaired repeatedly. source>>>

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