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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria

Avenida Primera de Mayo
(Plaza de Pablo Iglesias)

Pablo Iglesias Possé

Ferrol, La Coruña 1850 - Madrid 1925
Spanish politician, founder of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) and the General Union of Workers (UGT); considered the father of socialism in Spain
(Wikipedia)

Juan Borges Linares
1994

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Pablo Iglesias Possé

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

la ciudad
a
pablo iglesias

1994

Signature

borges linares | 94

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Pablo Iglesias Possé

Artist

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

Sources & Information

Catálogo de bienes histórico-artístico del Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (PDF on-line).
Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1 P.
La Estrella que nos guia, Esculturas de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (1 P.).
Juan Álvarez Lasso, Bustos, esculturas y monumentos en la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Primera parte (2011) (on-line), p. 284.

Location (N 28°6'17" - W 15°25'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca133; Photograph: 7 January 2015
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