by Susan | Sep 13, 2021 | Monuments
This memorial, by the Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida, was dedicated on April 27th 1988, commissioned by the Basque Government to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Guernica by the Nazis. “Gure aitaren etxea,” the title in Basque, roughly...
by Susan | Jul 19, 2021 | Monuments
Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida’s Monument to Tolerance, is next to the Triana Bridge by the Guadalquivir River. It was completed in 1992 to coincide with the Universal Exposition of Seville, it was commissioned by The Friends of Sefarad Foundation for the...
by Susan | Nov 18, 2019 | Monuments
The Ave Quiromantica is a bronze sculpture located on Calle Bolsa, Malaga, Andalusia, Spain. It is half dove and half an open hand, the whole sculpture resting on a marble base. It was based on a sketch done by the poet Rafael Perez Estrada, to whom the monument is...
by Susan | Sep 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
This work, by sculptor José Esteve Edo, was dedicated in 1987. It is an obelisk, 16 meters high, whose crown is a dove and three reliefs with each of the shields that form the Valencian Community. The monument is dedicated to the workers of the Port of Valencia who...
by Susan | Dec 18, 2017 | Monuments
This Tribute to Human Rights, by Mariano González Beltrán, was dedicated on December 15, 2004 and is located in the Plaza de Santo Domingo. Composed of numerous figures cast in bronze and arranged in a circle, it represents “a society that lives in harmony, in...
