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San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Tenerife

Calle Delgado Barreto
(Campus Central de la Universidad de La Laguna)

Andrés Bello

Andrés de Jesús María y José Bello López
Caracas 1781 - Santiago de Chile 1865
Venezuelan-Chilean humanist, diplomat, poet, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute an important part of Spanish American culture; he was was one of Simón Bolívar's teachers
(Wikipedia) 		Emilio Laíz Campos
1976

La Laguna, San Cristóbal de / Andrés Bello   La Laguna, San Cristóbal de / Andrés Bello

Description

Statue of Bello with a book in his hand, with "ANDRES BELLO" on the base plate.

Inscription(s)

OFRENDA de VENEZUELA
A LAS ISLAS CANARIAS
en prenda de hermandad
29 de Noviembre de 1976
195º Aniversario del na-
cimiento de Bello. 		"Fue el salvador de la integridad
del castellano en América, y al
mismo tiempo enseno, y no poco a
los españoles peninsulares."
M. Menendez Pelayo.
 "Bello, si pertenece a toda
Hispanoamérica, también per-
tenece a España."
Ramón Menéndez Pidal
Offer of Venezuela
to the Canary Islands
as a pledge of allegiance
29 November 1976
195th Anniversary of the
Bello's birth. 		"He was the savior of integrity
of Castilian in America, and at the
same time of teaching, and not a little (?)
the peninsular Spaniards."
M. Menendez Pelayo.
"Bello, if he belongs to all
of Latin America, he also
belongs to Spain
Ramón Menéndez Pidal

Signature

laiz campos madrid 1976

San Cristóbal de La Laguna - Andrés Bello

Sculptor

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Locatie (N 28°28'52" - W 16°18'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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