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Passeig de Gràcia 60
(Edifici Elcano)

Juan Sebastián Elcano

Getaria, Gipuzkoa 1486 - Pacific Ocean 1526
Basque explorer who completed the first circumnavigation of the world as Magellan's second in command
(Wikipedia)

Francesc Font
1884

Description

Stone statue in a niche in the façade.

Inscription(s)

ELCANO

Signed: f. font / 1884

Sculptor

Francesc Font i Pons (1848-1912), Catalan sculptor.

Sources & Information

Pobles de Catalunya, Barcelonès.

Locatie (N 41°23'34" - E 2°9'52") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: escy070; Photograph: 6 September 2011
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