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Plaza de la Iglesia

Agustín de Betancourt y Molina

Puerto de la Cruz 1758 - St. Petersburg 1824
Spanish engineer, who worked in Spain, France and Russia; supervised planning and construction in Saint Petersburg, Kronstadt, Nizhny Novgorod and other Russian cities
(Wikipedia)

Jesús María Perdigón Salazar
1958

Puerto de la Cruz / Agustín de Betancourt y Molina

Description

Bust. On the right side of the pedestal a steam engine is carved.

Inscription(s)

AGUSTIN DE BETANCOURT Y MOLINA

puerto de la cruz 1758
san petersburgo 1824

el ayuntamiento de puerto de la cruz

Signature

jm perdigon 1958

Sculptor

Jesús María Perdigón Salazar (La Orotava 1888 - 1970), Canarian sculptor (Biography).

Sources & Information

Puerto de la Cruz, Plaza de la Iglesia.

Locatie (N 28°25'1" - W 16°32'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca503; Photograph: 30 January 2020
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