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Leopoldo O'Donnell y Joris

Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1809 - Biarritz 1867
Spanish general and statesman who was Prime Minister of Spain on several occasions
(Wikipedia)

Agustín Querol i Subirats
1959

Santa Cruz de Tenerife / Leopoldo O'Donnell y Joris

Description

Bust in a high steel table, with a text plaque.
It is a copy of the bust in the Town Hall.

Inscription(s)

tenente general
LEOPOLDO O'DONNELL Y JORIS
duque de tetuán
presidente del gobierno
ministro de la guerra
1809-1867

bajo su mandato, en 1859, su villa natal,
santa cruz de tenerife
alcanzó el título de ciudad

su ayuntamiento le erige este monumento
en el bicentenario de su nacimiento
y a los 150 años de aquella efeméride

General Lieutenant
Leopoldo O'Donnell y Joris
Duke of Tetuan
Prime minister
Minister of War
1809-1867

Under his rule, in 1859, his hometown,
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
achieved the title of city

Its city council erected this monument
on the bicentenary of his birth
and 150 years after that event

Sculptor

Agustí Querol i Subirats (Tortosa 1860 - Madrid 1909), Spanish sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Gestor Patrimonio Cultural: Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Bienes Muebles: Escultura.
Boletín Oficial de Canarias, no. 140, 23 July 2013, 3946 ANUNCIO de 9 de julio de 2013, por el que se incoa expediente de declaración de Bien de Interés Cultural, con la categoría de Jardín Histórico, a favor de Parque García Sanabria, en el término municipal de Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Parque García Sanabria, Ruta de las Esculturas (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 28°28'17" - W 16°15'17") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca584; Photograph: 1 February 2020
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