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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria

Plaza Hurtado de Mendoza

Don Ambrosio Hurtado de Mendoza

1850 - 1922
Spanish politician and mayor of Las Palmas 1903-1908

A. Neri
1922

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Don Ambrosio Hurtado de Mendoza

Description

Marble obelisk with a relief portrait of Hurtado. In front of the obelisk stands a marble statue of a woman on a rock, paying tribute to Hurtado. On the back of the obelisk is the coat of arms of Las Palmas and the date 1922.

Inscription(s)

la civdad
a
don ambrosio hvrtado
de mendoza

Sculptor

A. Neri

Sources & Information

Catálogo de bienes histórico-artístico del Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (PDF on-line).
Juan Álvarez Lasso, Bustos, esculturas y monumentos en la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Primera parte (2011) (on-line), p. 352-355.
Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1 P.
La Estrella que nos guia, Esculturas de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (1 P.).

Locatie (N 28°6'8" - W 15°24'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca128; Photograph: 7 January 2015
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