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San Pedro de Daute
(Garachico)
Tenerife

Carretera Icod a Buenavista
(Mirador al Emigrante)

El emigrante Canario

The Canarian emigrant

Fernando Garcíarramos
1990

San Pedro de Daute / El emigrante Canario

Description

Statue of a walking man - with a hole in his chest - holding a suitcase. "The figure is scanning the horizon, in a daring position, as if pretending to jump over the sea, with a suitcase in hand, and many more suitcases in a series as a chain behind him; these suitcases behind him surely mean the memories, the sadnesses, the nostalgia, the girlfriend, the mother, the sisters, the family.... that are left behind by an emigrant who takes a new life, who jumps over the infinite sea, in search of a new life in strange and distant lands."

Inscription(s)

Monumento al Emigrante Canario
Obra del escultor, Fernando
Garciarramos.
Iniciativa de la asocioacion
"los Chicharros Mensajeros",
Siendo Presidente, D. Roberto Torres
del Castillo.
Donado a la Villa y Puerto de
Garachico.
Siendo Alcalde, D. Juan Manuel
de Leon Martin.

Garachico 3 de Agosto de 1990

Monument to the Canarian Emigrant
Work of the sculptor, Fernando
Garciarramos.
Initiative of the association
"los Chicharros Mensajeros",
Being President, Mr. Roberto Torres
del Castillo.
Donated to the Villa and Port of
Garachico.
Being mayor, D. Juan Manuel
de León Martín.

Garachico 3 August 1990

Sculptor

Fernando García-Ramos y Fernández del Castillo, known as Fernando Garcíarramos (Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1931), Canarian poet and sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Garachico, Turismo, Monumentos.
Escultura Urbana (Aragón), España, Canarias.

Locatie (N 28°22'20" - W 16°46'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca521; Photograph: 30 January 2020
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