Las lavanderas - Otos, Valencia, España
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N 38° 51.200 W 000° 26.547
30S E 721935 N 4303609
Pintura Mural de tres lavanderas realizado a traces de una fotografía real.
Waymark Code: WM18ER4
Location: Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Date Posted: 07/20/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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Dentro del lavadero hay una pintura del pintor Toni Espinar reproducida de una foto realizada en 1954 de tres mujeres (reales) lavando la ropa en un antiguo lavadero que había cerca de este y que ya no existe; se da la circunstancia que la mujer situada en el centro falleció hace pocos años.

Lavadero cubierto a dos aguas, está en alto y hay que subir unas escaleras (debería ser bastante incomodo), debajo hay una balsa cerrada para recoger las aguas sobrantes. lavadero construido en 1960.

En el exterior hay una pintura de un reloj solar dedicado al “8 de marzo” y dos manos desgastadas por el trabajo que forman un triángulo “símbolo del movimiento feminista”, es un homenaje a la mujer trabajadora El lavadero se restauró en el 2018 y se encuentra en el Camí de Bèlgida, a unos cincuenta metros de la plaza del Llaurador.

Inside the laundry room there is a painting by the painter Toni Espinar reproduced from a photo taken in 1954 of three (real) women washing clothes in an old laundry room that was near it and no longer exists; It so happens that the woman located in the center died a few years ago.

Covered gabled laundry room, it is high up and you have to climb some stairs (it should be quite uncomfortable), underneath there is a closed pond to collect excess water. laundry built in 1960.

Outside there is a painting of a sundial dedicated to "March 8" and two hands worn by work that form a triangle "symbol of the feminist movement", it is a tribute to working women. The laundry room was restored in 2018 and is located on Camí de Bèlgida, about fifty meters from Plaza del Llaurador.
City: Otos

Location Name: Lavadero Municipal

Artist: Jose Antonio Espinar

Date: 2018

Media: Acrílico sobre pared.

Relevant Web Site: Not listed

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