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San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Tenerife

Plaza del Adelantado

Guillermo Perera y Álvarez

La Laguna 1865 - La Laguna 1926
Spanish poet
(Poetas siglo XXI)

Miguel Márquez Peñate
1952

La Laguna, San Cristóbal de / Guillermo Perera y Álvarez

Description

Bust on a stone pedestal measuring, decorated with a Canary Island spurge (Euphorbia canariensis, or cardón, a kind of cactus) on a shield.

San Cristóbal de La Laguna - Guillermo Perera y Álvarez

The bust forms a pair with that of the poet Domingo Juan Manrique.

Inscription(s)

GUILLERMO PERERA
Y ALVAREZ

1865 - 1926

"que a mis oidos lleguen
siempre los gratos
ecos de mi tierra…"

Guillermo Perera
y Álvarez

1865 - 1926

"may the pleasant
echoes of my land always
reach my ears"

Sculptor

Miguel Márquez Peñate (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1911 - Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1996), Spanish footballer and sculptor (RACBA).

Sources & Information

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

Locatie (N 28°29'14" - W 16°18'48") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca676; Photograph: 3 February 2020
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