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Artenara
Gran Canaria

Avenida Matías Vega
(Mirador la Atalaya)

Monumento a los Trabajadores de Medio Ambiente y Conservación

Monument to the of Environmental and Nature Conservation Workers

Máximo Riol Cimas
2007

Artenara / Monumento a los Trabajadores de Medio Ambiente y Conservación

Description

Corten steel monument in two parts. The vertical peice, 'Forestas', represents a cavity, a symbol of the troglodyte dwellings in Artenara, and the cylinders, as pine trunks, express the concept of wooded forest. The horizontal piece, 'Prótego', represents the hanging landscape of Artenara. The concept of protection comes from the open chests as windows, just like viewpoints of the landscape (copied from the information sign).

Inscription(s)

a
los trabajadores de medio ambiente
que contribuyen a la conservación de
la naturaleza de gran canaria,
declarada por la unesco
reserva mundial de la biosfera
el 29 de junio de 2005

artenara, 25 de febrero de 2007

To
the environmental workers
who contribute to the conservation of
the nature of Gran Canaria,
declared by UNESCO
World Biosphere Reserve
on 29 June 2005

Artenara, 25 February 2007

Sculptor

Máximo Riol Cimas (Lorca, Murcia, 1948), Spanish-Canarian sculptor, living since 1961 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Sources & Information

Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Artenara.
La Estrella que nos guia, Artenara.

Locatie (N 28°1'22" - W 15°38'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca101; Photograph: 6 January 2015
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