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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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José Castellano ('Pepe Monagas')

José Castellano Santana
Las Palmas de G.C. 1904 - 1967
Canarian actor, gave is voice to the recorded Tales of Pepe Monagas, a fictitious figure created by Francesco Guerra Navarro
(Wikipedia)

Susana Requena
2004

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / José Castellano ('Pepe Monagas')

Description

Bronze commemorative plaque with relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

JOSÉ CASELLANO
("Pepe Monagas")

En su centenario (1904-2004

Escultora: Susana Requena.

Sculptor

Susana Requena, Spanish-Canarian sculptor (Facebook).

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, 1 P.
La Estrella que nos guia, Esculturas de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (3a parte).
Juan Álvarez Lasso, Bustos, esculturas y monumentos en la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Primera parte (2011) (on-line), p. 146-147

Locatie (N 28°6'8" - W 15°24'49") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca145; Photograph: 7 January 2015
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