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Montaña Quemada

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo
(Bilbao, Biscay 1864 - Salamanca 1936)
Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, and Greek professor and later rector at the University of Salamanca
(Wikipedia)

Juan Borges Linares
1980

Description

Stone statue on a socle on the slope of the Montaña Quemada, where Unamuno dreamed to be buried (but he isn't). The monument is 8 meters/28 feet high. It is inaugurated 22 January 1980.

Inscription(s)

M. Unamuno

1864
1936

Tindaya - Miguel de Unamuno

The Montaña Quemada seen from the FV-10.

Sculptor

Juan Borges Linares (San Isidro, Gáldar 1941 - Gáldar 2004), Spanish-Canarian sculptor of Gáldar (biography – blog – obituary 2004).

Sources & Information

Descubre Fuerteventura, Monumento a Miguel de Unamuno.

Locatie (N 28°34'7" - W 13°58'58") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca381; Photograph: 16 April 2018
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