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Hernando de Soto

Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz, c. 1495 - Bank of Mississippi River 1542
Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States
(Wikipedia)

Enrique Pérez Comendador
1981

Description

Bronze equestrian statue.

Inscription(s)

la diputacion provincial
al pueblo de
badajoz
esta estatua de
hernando de soto
obra del escultor
perez comendador
fue erigida por la
diputacion provincial
siendo su presidente
luciano perez de acevedo
se inauguro el dia
2 de junio de 1981
en homenaje a los
conquistadores
extremeños
laus deo
The Provincial Delegation
to the Town of
Badajoz
This statue of
Hernando de Soto
by the sculptor
Pérez Comendador
was erected by the
Provincial Council
being president
Luciano Pérez de Acevedo.
It was inaugurated on
2 June 1981
in tribute to the
conquerors
from Extremadura

Sculptor

Enrique Pérez Comendador (Hervás, Cáceres, 1900 - Madrid 1981), Spanish sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Guía de Monumentos de Badajoz, Esculturas, Monumentos Commemorativos y Murales.
El Blog de Chano, 15 Jan. 2017, Badajoz y sus Esculturas.

Locatie (N 38°52'14" - W 6°58'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esex025; Photograph: 4 September 2017
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