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Monumento a La Salle

Monument for La Salle

Saint John Baptist de La Salle
Reims 1651 - Saint-Yon 1719
French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
(Wikipedia)

José-Luis Marrero
1982

Description

Bronze sculpture of La Salle showing the way to a young student. Both are standing in a large book.

Annotation

The monument is a tribute to the educational work of De La Salle Schools in Arucas, which are over one hundred years in the city.

Sculptor

José-Luis Marrero Cabrera, Spanish-Canarian sculptor from Arucas.

Sources & Information

Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Arucas.
La Estrella que nos guia, Arucas.
Arucasonline, Recursos historicos monumentales, etnograficos y artisticos.

Locatie (N 28°7'9" - W 15°31'34") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca219; Photograph: 9 January 2015
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