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Monumento a la Fecundidad (Monumento al Campesino)

Fertility Monument (Monument to the Farmer)

César Manrique
1968

San Bartolomé / Monumento a la Fecundidad (Monumento al Campesino)

Description

The monument shows in an abstract way a farmer with a camel and a donkey. It is made from recycled boat water tanks, iron and cement, all painted white. The 15 meters/50 feet high monument is located in the geographical center of the island of Lanzarote and is an iconographic symbol of the island.

Inscription(s)

FECUNDIDAD
a campesino
lanzaroteño
excma
mancomunidad
de cabildos de
las palmas
escultura
MANRIQUE
realización
j. soto

1968
FERTILITY
to the farmer
of Lanzarote
the illustrious
commonwealth
of town councils
of Las Palmas

sculpture
MANRIQUE
realization
J. Soto
1968

Sculptor

César Manrique Cabrera (Arrecife, Lanzarote 1919 - Teguise, Lanzarote 1992), Spanish-Canarian painter, sculptor and architect (Wikipedia - Website).

San Bartolomé - Monumento a la Fecundidad (Monumento al Campesino)

Sources & Information

Lanzarote Internacional Turismo, Esculturas.
Margarita Machín Rocío, Esculturas en el Municipio de San Bartolomé.

Location (N 29°0'56" - W 13°36'53")

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Item Code: esca466; Photograph: 20 April 2018
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