The Crown of Our Lady - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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N 20° 36.494 W 105° 14.079
13Q E 475549 N 2278808
This sculpture crowns the main church in Puerto Vallarta.
Waymark Code: WMAK0D
Location: Mexico
Date Posted: 01/23/2011
Views: 17
This 2009 sculpture replaced the crown atop Puerto Vallarta's church, Our Lady of Guadalupe, after the original was ruined by an earthquake in 1995.
A plaque at the church gives much of the information about the work in Spanish and English:
"THE CROWN OF OUR LADY
AUTHOR: SCULPTOR AND PAINTER CARLOS TERRES
10.00 MTS. DIAMETER x 15.50 MTS. HEIGHT SCULPTURE IN TERROCO
(TERRES STONE)
THE MASTER SCULPTOR AND PAINTER CARLOS TERRES MADE "THE CROWN
OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE" BASING HIS MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE IN THE NAHUATL WORD "TECUNTLANOPEUH" THAT MEANS "THAT WHICH
HAD ITS ORIGIN AT THE PEAK OF THE BOULDERS" ALLUDING TO THE
ORIGINAL NAME OF THE PORT PRESENTLY KNPWN AS "PUERTO VALLARTA"
SYMBOLIC ELEMTNS OF THE SCULPTURE
EIGHT ANGLES WEARING MARIAN SYMBOLS ON THEIR BREAST ARE
HOLDING THE CROWN.
THE GEMS OF THE RING, REPRESENT THE 24 HOURS OF THE DAY.
THE FIVE SMALL PALMS REPRESENT THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES OF THE MARIAN ROSARY.
THE FIVE LARGE PALMS REPRESENT THE FOUNDING OF PUERTO
VALLARTA ON DECEMBER 12, 1851.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARRISH CHURCH BEGAN ON APRIL 15, 1883.
THE SECOND PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION IN 1915.
THE NAMING OF THE PARRISH CHURCH IN 1921.
THE BORDERS OF THE SCULPTURE AFRE FORMED BY A WORLD OF GLASS
AND A CROSS.
BENEDICTION BY BISHOP P. RICARDO WATY
OCTOBER 12, 2009
PARRISH CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
PUERTO VALLARTA, JAL. MEXICO"
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: THE CROWN OF OUR LADY
Figure Type: Fantasy creature
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: CARLOS TERRES
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 2009
Materials used: TERROCO
Location: atop The Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral
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