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Plaza de Santiago
(Iglesia Matriz de Santiago de los Caballeros)

Santiago de los Océanos

Saint James the Greater of the Oceans

or James, son of Zebedee (d. 44)
one of the Twelve Apostles. Patron saint of pilgrims, soldiers and cavalrymen. Depicted holding a pilgrim's staff decorated with a scallop shell. His remains are in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia (Spain)
(Wikipedia)

Juan Borges Linares
2004

Description

Statue in a niche in the gable of the Church of St. James.

Sculptor

Juan Borges Linares (San Isidro, Gáldar 1941 - Gáldar 2004), Spanish-Canarian sculptor of Gáldar (biography – blog – obituary 2004).

Sources & Information

Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Gáldar.
Ángel Ruíz Quesada, Ruta escultórica Borges Linares (Ayuntamiento de Gáldar, 2006) (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 28°8'41" - W 15°39'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca089; Photograph: 6 January 2015
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