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Guisguey
(Puerto del Rosario)
Fuerteventura

Carretera FV-214

Pablo Espinel de Vera y su esposa

Pablo Espinel de Vera and his Wife

Guisguey 1932 - Guisguey 1976
crop and goat farmer, and since 1971 'alcalde pedáneo' (village mayor) of Guisguey. Assassinated in 1976 by two deserted legionary soldiers.

Lixber Reguera
2017

Guisguey / Pablo Espinel de Vera y su esposa

Description

Statues of Pablo Espinel de Vera and his wife Agustina Jiménez Vera sitting on a bench, accompanied by a bardina dog guarding the wall gate, in a small open air museum 'Era (Threshing floor) Pablo Espinel de Vera'

Guisguey - Pablo Espinel de Vera y su esposa

Inscription(s)

En homenaje a
Don Pablo Espinel de Vera,
alcalde pedáneo de este pueblo
asesinado a la edad de 43 años,
por dos legionarios destertores
un 27 de abril de 1976
Guisguy
27 de abril de 2017
Tribute to
Mr Pablo Espinel de Vera,
local mayor of this village
assessinated at the age of 43,
by two deserted legionaries
on 27 April 1976
Guisguy
27 April 2017

Guisguey - Pablo Espinel de Vera y su esposa

Sculptor

Lixber Reguera (Sahara español, 1964), Spanish-Canarian sculptor.

Sources & Information

La Provincia: Diario de Las Palmas, 27 April 2017, Pablo Espinel regresa a Guisguey.
Fuerteventura en imagenes, Homenaje a Pablo Espinel de Vera.

Locatie (N 28°33'26" - W 13°53'0") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca379; Photograph: 16 April 2018
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