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Medina del Campo
Valladolid (prov.)

Plaza Mayor

Isabel la Católica

Queen Isabella I

Madrigal de las Altas Torres 1451 - Medina del Campo 1504
Queen of Castile and León.

Santiago de Santiago
2004

Description

Bronze statue on a granite pedestal with on the sides her most important achievements: the discovery of America, the conquest of Granada and the unification of Spain.

Inscription(s)

Front of pedestal, a bronze plaque with the text:

a isabel la católica en recuerdo
del v centenario de su muerte
medina del campo, 26 de novbre de 1504-2004
[two coats-of-arms]
este monumento conmemorativo fue levantado
a instancia de la
excma. diputación de valladolid y del
excmo. ayuntamiento de medina del campo
26 de noviembre de 2004

Right side:

descubrimiento
de
america

Left side:

conquista
de
granada

Back side:

unidad
nacional

Annotation

Place of death of Queen Isabel

In Medina del Campo Queen Isabel of Castila died in the Royal Palace at 26 November 1504. The town is about 25 km north of Madrigal de las Altas Torres, the place were she was born.

Sculptor

Santiago de Santiago

Sources & Information

Escultura Isabel la Católica

Locatie (N 41°18'29" - W 4°54'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: escl005; Photograph: 12 May 2006

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