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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria

Parque Doramas
(Paseo de Chil)

Don Fernando de León y Castillo

Telde, Gran Canaria 1842 - Biarritz, France 1918
Spanish politician and a diplomat
(Wikipedia)

Mariano Benlliure
1926

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Don Fernando de León y Castillo

Description

Bronze statue as central part of a larger monument with a fountain. The statue is placed on a pedestal, in the central part of a wall on which two reliefs depicting scenes from the life of Fernando de León y Castillo. Between the reliefs and the pedestal are two mourning men.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Don Fernando de León y Castillo
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(left) Fernando de León y Castillo giving a speech in the Cortes (parliament).
(right) Funeral of Fernando de León y Castillo.

Inscription(s)

A
DON FERNANDO
DE LEON Y CASTILLO

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Don Fernando de León y Castillo

Artist

Mariano Benlliure y Gil (Valencia 1862 - Madrid 1947), Spanish sculptor (Wikipedia).

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. 485-488.

Location (N 28°7'11" - W 15°25'49") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca169; Photograph: 7 January 2015
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