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Temisas
(Agüimes)
Gran Canaria

Calle la Longuera
(plaza de la iglesia)

Fray Marcos Gil

1682 - 1739
Spanish-Canarian sculptor(Biography)

Etual Ojeda
2007

Description

Statue of Fray Marcos sculpting the image of Saint Michael.

Inscription(s)

a fray marcos gil impulsor de la construcción de
la primera ermita de temisas en 1720 y autor en 1729
de la primera imagen de san miguel arcángel.

12 mayo 2007

To Fray Marcos Gil, the driving force behind the construction of
the first chapel of Temisas in 1720 and author, in 1729,
of the first image of Saint Michael Archangel.

12 May 2007

Signature

etual* | 2006-7

Sculptor

Etual Ojeda Alonso, Spanish-Canarian sand sculptor of Gran Canaria (Website).

Sources & Information

Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Agüimes
La Estrella que nos guia, Esculturas de Agüimes.

Locatie (N 27°54'32" - W 15°30'28") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca185; Photograph: 8 January 2015
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