Reading86 Sculpture (Spain)

8686

Madrid, Paseo RecoletosThe finial figure of Spain with lion, two other figures and a full sculpted pediment, topping the Biblioteca Nacional de España was made in 1892/93 by Agustín Querol y Subirats (1860-1909) 

Madrid Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

by Luis Sanguino (Spanish, 1934) Avenida de Arcentales

Madrid Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) by Luis Sanguino

Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921) Spanish novelist, journalist, essayist, critic and scholar from Galicia

Sanxenxo, SpainEmilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921)

Coruña Jardín de Méndez Núñez Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921)

Coruña (Galicia, Spain) Jardín de Méndez Núñez

Emilia Pardo Bazán

Madrid Calle PrincesaEmilia Pardo Bazán

by Rafael Vela del Castillo, 1928

MadridEmilia Pardo Bazán by Rafael Vela del Castillo, 1928

In 1921 she was appointed to the Senate but never formally took up her seat

MadridEmilia Pardo Bazán

by Rafael Vela del Castillo, 1928

Ávila, Spain Monument to Santa Teresa de Jesús by Juan Luis Vassallo Parodi

Ávila, Spain Santa Teresa de Jesús

by Juan Luis Vassallo Parodi (1908-1986)

Ávila, Spain Santa Teresa de Jesús by Juan Luis Vassallo Parodi (1908-1986)

Logroño, SpainNuestra Señora del Carmen

Cemetery

Logroño, La calle Bretón de los HerrerosLa lectora de Bretón (Reading woman) by Félix Reyes (b.1941)

Vigo, Spain Monument to Jules Verne (1828-1905)

Monument to Jules Verne (1828-1905)by Jose Molares (Spanish, 1961)

The Battle of Vigo Bay (1702) is referred to in Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Vigo, Spain 2005 The Monument commemorates the centenary of the death of Jules Verne (1828-1905)

Monument to Jules Verne (1828-1905)by Jose Molares (Spanish, 1961)

Madrid, Spain Fuente de Libros (Books source) by Francesc Torres, 2005

Madrid, Spain Fuente de Libros (Books source)

by Francesc Torres, 2005

Fuente de Libros Francesc Torres, 2005

MadridFuente de Libros by Francesc Torres, 2005

Mad

rid, P

arqu

e N

orte

León

Fel

ipe

(188

4-19

68),

poet

, by

Gab

riel P

onza

nell

Madrid, Paseo de Recoletos

Juan Valera (1824-1905) by

 Lorenzo Coullaut Valera (1928)

Madrid, Paseo de RecoletosPepita Jiménez, the muse of Juan Valera,

by Lorenzo Coullaut Valera

Madrid, Glorieta de Quevedo

MadridFrancisco de Quevedo

(1580 –1645) Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era

MadridMonument to Francisco de

Quevedo by Agustín

Querol y Subirats

(1860-1909) 

MadridMonument to Francisco de Quevedo

MadridMonument to Francisco de

Quevedo (1580 –1645) by Agustín Querol y Subirats

(1860-1909) 

Torrelavega, SpainMiguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

Torrelavega, Spain

Sound: Alicia de Larrocha plays Enrique Granados Danzas Espanolas (1954)

Text and pictures: InternetCopyright: All the images belong to their authors

Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanuwww.slideshare.net/michaelasanda

2016