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El Sauzal
Tenerife

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Homenaje a los Pescadores de El Puertito

Tribute to the Fishermen of El Puertito

El Alfar Canarias
2014

El Sauzal / Homenaje a los Pescadores de El Puertito

Description

Sculpture of a person who is rescuing a person out of the sea. The figure symbolizes the tribute of the people of El Sauzal to the fishermen who participated in the rescue of the survivors of the 1966 plane crash in El Puertito.

Inscription(s)

"En reconocimiento a la gran labor
humanitaria de los pescadores de
El Puertito de El Sauzal,
desarrollada con motivo del
accidente aéreo que tuvo lugar
el 16 de septiembre de 1966".

El Sauzal, a 19 de septiembre de 2014

"In recognition of the great
humanitarian work of the fishermen of
El Puertito de El Sauzal,
developed on the occasion of the
plane crash that took place here
16 September 1966."

El Sauzal, 19 September 2014

Sculptor

El Alfar Canarias, pottery and sculpture workshop in Guamasa, La Laguna, Tenerife (Website).

Sources & Information

Ayuntamiento de El Sauzal, Patrimonio artistico.

Locatie (N 28°28'21" - W 16°26'43") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca699; Photograph: 4 February 2020
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