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Teresa de Calcutta

Mother Theresa

Anjezí Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
Üskòp (Skopje) 1910 - Calcutta 1997
Religious sister and missionary who lived most of her life in India
(Wikipedia)

Manolo González
2002

Description

Bronze statue of Mother Teresa carrying a sick man.

Annotation

Placed as one of the activities of the celebration of the 650th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Town of Telde, 2001-2002.

Sculptor

Manolo González (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1965), Spanish-Canarian sculptor from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Website - GEVIC, Escultura Canaria).

Sources & Information

Ana María Quesada Acosta, La nueva escultura pública de Gran Canaria (1995-2006): Aportaciones para su estudio. XVII Coloquio de historia canario-americano, p. 1399-1415. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria, 2006 (PDF on-line).
Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Telde.
La Estrella que nos guia, Telde.

Locatie (N 27°59'56" - W 15°24'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca244; Photograph: 10 January 2015
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