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Juan Ponce de León

Santervás de Campos, Valladolid, 1474 - Havana, Cuba, 1521
Spanish explorer
(Wikipedia)

Enric Monjo
1976

Description

Bronze statue.

Inscription(s)

JUAN PONCE DE LEON
he arrived on easter sunday
in 1513 looking for the
fountain of youth. he
found something better,
a beautiful land, that he
claimed for spain, and he
called it florida.

Donated by the Government of Spain in 1976
Re-dedicated on May 22, 1995

Information Sign

Esta estatua del Descubridor de Florida
... reinstalada en Mayo de 1995
con presentacion de armas y Guardia de Honor
on la dotacion del Juan Sebastian Elcano
siendo Consul General de España
el Excmo. Sr. Embajador Carlos Abella y
Alcalde de Miami el Honorable Stephen P. Clark

Artist

Enric Monjo i Garriga (Vilasar de Mar, Barcelona, 1896 - Barcelona, 1976), Spanish sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

E-mail Einar Einarsson Kvaran, 23 Feb 2018.

Location (N 25°46'40" - W 80°11'15") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: usfl09; Photograph: 2 February 2001 / updated: 24 February 2018
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