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Monumento a los Zapateros

Shoemakers' Monument

Moisés Afonso
2018

San Juan de la Rambla / Monumento a los Zapateros

Description

Sculpture of a pair of shoes on a large base.
The town was known for the production and export of footwear, having more than 20 shoemakers and two espadrille factories. The poet Pedro García Cabrera, in his work Vuelta a la Isla, used this profession as the central axis of the poem dedicated to the town.

Inscription(s)

EN RECUERDO A LOS ZAPATEROS DE ESTE PUEBLO	In memory to the shoemakers of this village
Me fui a San Juan de la Rambla para hacerme a la medida unos zapatos a prueba de malpaíses y ortigas. Pedro García Cabrera - 1968	I went to San Juan de la Rambla to have my shoes made to measure and to be able to wear nettles. Pedro García Cabrera - 1968

Sculptor

Moisés Afonso, Canarian iron smith of Icod de los Vinos (Facebook).

Sources & Information

Ayuntamiento de San Juan de la Rambla, Un monumento en memoria de los zapateros de comienzos del siglo XX.
García en Blog, 26 June 2018, Monumento a los Zapateros.

Locatie (N 28°23'39" - W 16°38'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca510; Photograph: 30 January 2020
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