Lord Baden Powell - Madrid, España
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N 40° 24.520 W 003° 45.635
30T E 435465 N 4473394
Monumento a Lord Baden Powell en la Casa de Campo // Monument to Lord Baden Powell in Casa de Campo Park
Waymark Code: WM17XMH
Location: Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Date Posted: 04/17/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member razalas
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[ES] “La estatua de este insigne Jefe Scout, réplica del busto original que se conserva en la casa-museo que le está dedicada en Londres, se instaló en 1982 en un vial aledaño al acceso del Zoo de la Casa de Campo de Madrid, estimándose idóneo el lugar por la simbólica alusión del importante zoológico madrileño (asentado desde 1969 en el Parque de la Casa de Campo) a la naturaleza y el mundo animal, tan cercanos al Movimiento Scout y al mundo de los niños y adolescentes, ya que se donaba a la niñez y juventud escultista española por la Asociación Nacional Escultista Mexicana Caballeros y Guías Aztecas de Hacienda a través de la Asociación Escultista Española Baden Powell y de la villa de Madrid con motivo del 70 aniversario de la creación del escultismo en España.

Es un busto de bronce que representa la figura de Baden Powell hasta debajo de los brazos, en posición cruzada sobre el pecho; vestido con la típica camisa y chalina de los boy-scouts y tocado con el característico sombrero, mantiene la cabeza ligeramente alzada como elevando su pensamiento hacia metas lejanas.

El busto está apoyado sobre una base inferior, también de bronce, de dimensiones 0,13 x 0,47 x 0,25 m y con una inscripción en su frente principal, en caracteres sobrepuestos, que dice:

BADEN POWELL
JEFE SCOUT MUNDIAL
LOS CABALLEROS Y GUÍAS AZTECAS DE HACIENDA
ASOCIACIÓN NACIONAL ESCULTISTA MEXICANA
A LA NIÑEZ Y JUVENTUD ESCULTISTA ESPAÑOLA
70 ANIVERSARIO DE LA FUNDACIÓN DEL ESCULTISMO ESPAÑOL
MÉXICO 15 DE MAYO DE 1982 ESPAÑA”

(Fuente)


[EN] “The statue of this distinguished Chief Scout, a replica of the original bust kept in the house-museum dedicated to him in London, was installed in 1982 in a road near the entrance to the Casa de Campo Zoo in Madrid, considering it suitable for place for the symbolic allusion of the important Madrid zoo (settled since 1969 in the Casa de Campo Park) to nature and the animal world, so close to Scouting and the world of children and adolescents, since it was donated to the Spanish scouting children and youth by the National Mexican Scouting Association Caballeros y Guías Aztecas de Hacienda through the Spanish Scouting Association Baden Powell and the town of Madrid on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the creation of scouting in Spain.

It is a bronze bust that represents the figure of Baden Powell up to under the arms, in a crossed position on the chest; Dressed in the typical shirt and scarf of the boy-scouts and wearing the characteristic hat, he keeps his head slightly raised as if raising his thoughts towards distant goals.

The bust rests on a lower base, also made of bronze, measuring 0.13 x 0.47 x 0.25 m and with an inscription on its main front, in superimposed characters, which says (in Spanish, literal translation):

BADEN POWELL
WORLD SCOUT CHIEF
THE AZTEC KNIGHTS AND HACIENDA GUIDES
NATIONAL MEXICAN SCOUTING ASSOCIATION
TO SPANISH SCOUTING CHILDREN AND YOUTH
70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF SPANISH SCOUTING
MEXICO MAY 15, 1982 SPAIN”

(Source)

Fleur-de-lis?: No

Who placed the Monument or Memorial?: Asociaciones Scout Mexicana y Española - Ayuntamiento de Madrid

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