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San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Tenerife

Calle San Agustìn
(Plaza de Guillermo Rances)

Blas Cabrera Felipe

Arrecife, Lanzarote 1878 - Mexico City 1945
Spanish physicist
(Wikipedia)

Vicente Pérez Fernández
2002

La Laguna, San Cristóbal de / Blas Cabrera Felipe

Description

Bust in a steel plinth, with a large (marble?) tablet the coat of arms of La Laguna and text.

San Cristóbal de La Laguna - Blas Cabrera Felipe

Coat of arms of San Cristóbal de La Laguna: an island with a volcano spitting fire, on waves, between a castle and a lion, and above the Archangel Saint Michael, holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other. In the border, the inscription michael arcangele veni in adjutorium populo del* thenerife me fecit (Archangel Michael, come to aid the people of God, Tenerife has made me; * 'del' should be 'dei'). These elements symbolize the incorporation of the island of Tenerife to the Crown of Castile and its evangelization under the patronage of Saint Michael.

Inscription(s)

al físico, humanista y professor

BLAS CABRERA FELIPE
padre de la física española
(1878, arrecife- 1945, méxico)

"alejado por el destino de
las peñas donde vine a la
vida y sentí el impulso que
ha determinado mi
actuación futura,
desearía estimular a mis
jóvenes paisanos para la
realización de una obra
que honre a espaóna"

(6 de mayo de 1934)

homenaje de la ciudad de
san cristóbal de la laguna
junio de 2002

To the physicist, humanist and professor

Blas Cabrera Felipe
father of Spanish physics
(1878, Arrecife - 1945, Mexico)

"Removed by the fate of
the rocks where I came to
life and felt the impulse that
has determined my
future performance,
I would like to encourage my
young countrymen for the
production of a work
that honors Spain"

(6 May 1934)

Tribute from the city of
San Cristóbal de la Laguna
June 2002

Signature

vicente 2000?

Sculptor

Vicente Pérez Fernández, Canarian painter and sculptor.

Sources & Information

Gestor Patrimonio Cultural: San Cristóbal de La Laguna: Bienes Muebles: Escultura.
Geocaching, La Laguna - Personajes en bronce y piedra.

Locatie (N 28°29'26" - W 16°19'3") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca662; Photograph: 3 February 2020
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