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Paseo de las Canteras / Calle Pelayo

Los Nadadores

The Swimmers

Homenaje a la Travesia de la Peña la Vieja
Tribute to the Crossing of the Old Rock

Miguel Panadero Escala
2003

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Los Nadadores

Description

Corten steel sculpture representing eight swimmers.

Signature

panadero 03

Annotation

The sculpture is a tribute to the yearly open water swim from Peña la Vieja to La Puntilla along the Playa de las Canteras.

Sculptor

Miguel Panadero Escala (1970), Spanish sculptor.

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, 2 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, Segunda parte (2011) (on-line), p. 234-236.

Locatie (N 28°8'10" - W 15°26'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca030; Photograph: 5 January 2015
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