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Plaza del Príncipe de Asturias

Enrique González Bethencourt

Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1924 - id. 2010
founder of the Murga (musical theatre) Afilarmónica NiFú NiFá and one of the most important personalities of the Santa Cruz Carnival
(Wikipedia)

Esculturas Bronzo
2013

Santa Cruz de Tenerife / Enrique González Bethencourt

Description

Statue of Enrique González in one of his original costumes, standing with one foot on a stone and leaning with both arms on a Murga baton.

Inscription(s)

el excmo. sr.
DON JOSÉ MANUEL BERMÚDEZ ESPARZA
alcalde de la ciudad,
inauguró esta escultura homenaje a

DON ENRIQUE GONZÁLEZ BETHENCOURT

director y fundador de la murga "ni fu-ni fa"
patrocinada por suscripción popular

13 de mayo de 2013

His Excellency mr.
José Manuel Bermúdez Esparza
Mayor of the city
inaugurated this sculpture-homage to

Enrique González Bethencourt

director and founder of the murga "NiFú NiFá"
sponsored by popular subscription

13 May 2013

Sculptor

Esculturas Bronzo, sculptor workshop and foundry of the sculptors Evelina Martín Rodríguez, Francisco Rodríguez de Armas (both since 1985) and Ventura Alemán Gutiérrez (since 1994) (Website - see also the foundry Bronzo).

Sources & Information

El Día,, 13 May 2013, Una estatua inmortaliza desde hoy a Enrique González en la plaza del Príncipe.
Escultura Urbana (Aragón), España, Canarias.
Wikipedia, Plaza del Príncipe (Santa Cruz de Tenerife).

Locatie (N 28°28'6" - W 16°15'1") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca607; Photograph: 1 February 2020
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