Puerto del Rosario
Fuerteventura
Calle León y Castillo
(Plaza Américas)
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Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Blanco
Caracas 1783 - Santa Marta, Colombia 1830
military and political leader; played a key role in Latin America's struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire.
(Wikipedia)
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Arturo Rus Aguilera
1980
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Description
Bust, donated in 1980 to the city of Puerto del Rosario by the former president of Venezuela, Rafael A. Caldera Rodríguez (1916-2009) and received by the then Mayor Matías González García. The City Council added the unveiling of the bust to the commemorative events of the bicentenary of Bolívar's birth.
Inscription(s)
Originally, there was a sign with the text:
El Ayuntamiento de Puerto del Rosario a Simón Bolívar, El Libertador, en el bicentenario de su nacimiento. 23 de julio de 1983
Sculptor
- Arturo Rus Aguilera (c. 1923),
Venezuelan sculptor.
Sources & Information
Tags
Locatie (N 28°30'1" - W 13°51'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: esca328; Photograph: 13 April 2018
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