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Gáldar
Gran Canaria

Calle Infanta Benchara

Monumento al Maestro

Monument for the Teacher

Juan Borges Linares
1991

Description

Bronze statue of a teacher with his hand on the shoulder of a boy, while with his other hand shows the way to go: to the future.

Inscription(s)

le club de leones de galdar
y
excmo ayuntamiento
al
magisterio 22-7-91

Sculptor

Juan Borges Linares (San Isidro, Gáldar 1941 - Gáldar 2004), Spanish-Canarian sculptor of Gáldar (biography – blog – obituary 2004).

Sources & Information

Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Gáldar.
Ángel Ruíz Quesada, Ruta escultórica Borges Linares (Ayuntamiento de Gáldar, 2006) (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 28°8'46" - W 15°39'10") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca095; Photograph: 6 January 2015
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