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Domingo Juan Manrique Rodríguez

Vega de Tetir (Fuerteventura) 1869 - Madrid 1934
Spanish poet and professor of calligraphy at the Instituto de Canarias
(BienMeSabe)

Miguel Márquez Peñate
1952

La Laguna, San Cristóbal de / Domingo Juan Manrique Rodríguez

Description

Bust representing the poet almost up to the waist, placed on a pedestal lined with in relief a shield dwith a dragon tree.

San Cristóbal de La Laguna - Domingo Juan Manrique Rodríguez
The dragon tree on the plinth.
Near the busts stands a real dragon tree.

The bust forms a pair with that of the poet Guillermo Perera Álvarez.

Inscription(s)

DOMINGO JUAN
MANRIQUE

1869 - 1934

"rincon de mis sosiegos,
plaza de mis amores…"

Domingo Juan
Manrique

1869 - 1934

"corner of my tranquillity,
square of my loves…"

Artist

Miguel Márquez Peñate (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1911 - Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1996), Spanish footballer and sculptor (RACBA).

Sources & Information

Gestor Patrimonio Cultural: San Cristóbal de La Laguna: Bienes Muebles: Escultura.
Geocaching, La Laguna - Personajes en bronce y piedra.

Location (N 28°29'15" - W 16°18'48") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca675; Photograph: 3 February 2020
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