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Garachico
Tenerife

Plaza Juan González de la Torre
(Parque de la Puerta de Tierra)

Cristóbal de Ponte

Genova (Italy) c. 1470 - Garachico 1532
Genoese banker, founder of the town of Garachico, 1496
(Geneanet)

Eladio de la Cruz
1996

Description

Bust in high relief and the coats of arms of Genua and Garachico mounted on a wall.
Through his grandchildren Juan and Tomas de Ponte he is one of the ancestors of Simón Bolívar (see genealogy on Bolívar's statue in Garachico.

Garachico - Cristóbal de Ponte
Garachico
Genua

Inscription(s)

a CRISTOBAL de PONTE
fundador de esta
VILLA Y PUERTO
genova (italia) garachico
1496 - 1996

To Cristóbal de Ponte
Founder of this
town and port
Genua (Italy) Garachico
1496 - 1996

Signature

Eladio de la Cruz

Sculptor

Eladio González de la Cruz (Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1934), Canarial sculptor from La Laguna (Website - Academia).

Sources & Information

Garachico, Turismo, Monumentos.

Locatie (N 28°22'19" - W 16°45'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca518; Photograph: 30 January 2020
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