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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria

Plaza de la Constitución

Tomás Morales

Tomás Morales Castellano
Moya, Gran Canaria 1884 - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1921
Spanish poet
(Wikipedia)

Victorio Macho
1922

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Tomás Morales

Description

Bronze bust on a pedestal made from granite of Fuerteventura, standing in front of a stone wall with fountain. In the pavement in front of the monument is a mosaic

Inscription(s)

AL POETA
TOMAS MORALES

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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Tomás Morales

Sculptor

Victorio Macho (Palencia 1887 - Toledo 1966), Spanish sculptor (Wikipedia).

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 (1 P.).
Juan Álvarez Lasso, Bustos, esculturas y monumentos en la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Primera parte (2011) (on-line), p. 460-461.

Locatie (N 28°6'43" - W 15°25'26") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca147; Photograph: 7 January 2015
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