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Calle Parroco Domingo Baez
(Mirador de Unamuno)

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo
(Bilbao, Biscay 1864 - Salamanca 1936)
Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, and Greek professor and later rector at the University of Salamanca
(Wikipedia)

Manolo González
1999

Description

Bronze statue, standing at a viewpoint and contemplating the view over the Caldera of Tejeda.

Inscription(s)

don miguel de unamuno (1864-1936)

visitó Artenara en 1910
En su obra permanece la descripción
del hombre y del paisaje
de las Cumbres de Gran Canaria.
"¡Qué sueño el de la vida
sobre aquel abismo pétreo!"
Artenara, 28 Febrero 1999

Sculptor

Manolo González (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1965), Spanish-Canarian sculptor from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Website - GEVIC, Escultura Canaria).

Sources & Information

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

Locatie (N 28°1'9" - W 15°38'46") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca103; Photograph: 6 January 2015
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