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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria

Calle Mayor de Triana 87

Matías Vega Guerra

Las Palmas de G.C. 1905 - Las Palmas de G.C. 1989
Sanish-Canarian diplomat and politician
(Wikipedia)

Manena Juan
2002

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Matías Vega Guerra

Description

Bronze commemorative plaque with portrait.

Inscription(s)

Aquí vivió el Excmo. Sr. D.
MATÍAS
VEGA GUERRA
Embajador en Venezuela
Gobernador en Barcelona
Presidente del Puerto y
del Cabildo Insular
De Gran Canaria

1905-1989

Here lived his excellence, mr.
Matías
Vega Guerra
Ambassador to Venezuela
Governor in Barcelona
President of the Port and
the Island Council of
Gran Canaria

1905-1989

Signature

Manena Juan; logos of Tourist board and Island Council with date 22-02-2002

Artist

Magdalena 'Manena' Juan Rijo (Las Palmas de GC), Spanish-Canarian sculptor, living in Guía de Gran Canaria (Biography).

Sources & Information

Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1 P.
La Estrella que nos guia, Esculturas de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (3a parte).
Juan Álvarez Lasso, Bustos, esculturas y monumentos en la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Primera parte (2011) (on-line), p. 309-312.

Location (N 28°6'24" - W 15°25'0") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca121; Photograph: 7 January 2015
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