A Ferida - Muxia, SP - Abstract Public Sculptures on Waymarking.com

"A Ferida é unha escultura situada no concello coruñés de Muxía fronte ao océano Atlántico, nun outeiro ao carón do santuario da Virxe da Barca. O seu autor é o artista burgalés Alberto Bañuelos-Fournier. A obra foi doada por Seguros Aegon ao concello muxián como homenaxe aos voluntarios que acudiron a axudar ao pobo galego cando se produciu o desastre do Prestige o 13 de novembro de 2002.

Cos seus máis de once metros de altura e 400 toneladas de peso, estas dúas estruturas de granito do Porriño constitúen a escultura máis grande de Galicia e de España.

Inaugurouse o 12 de setembro de 2003."
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"A Ferida (The wound) is a sculpture located at the town of Muxia in front the Atlantic Ocean, on a hill next to the shrine of the Virgin Da Barca. The author is the artist Alberto Bañuelos-Fournier. The work was donated to the Muxia council by Aegon Insurance as a tribute to the volunteers who came to help people on the Prestige disaster on 13 November 2002.

With its more than eleven feet tall and 400 tons in weight, these two structures Porrino Granite constitute the largest sculpture in Galicia and Spain.

Was inaugurated September 12, 2003."
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Title: A Ferida Artist: Alberto Bañuelos-Fournier Media (materials) used: Stone Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Santuario da Virxe da Barca Date of creation or placement: September 12, 2003

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