Statue of Junípero Serra - La Habana, Cuba
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The replica of the statue of Junípero Serra (with Juaneño boy) is located next to the Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asis in Havana, Cuba.
Waymark Code: WMV6K6
Location: Cuba
Date Posted: 03/04/2017
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The larger than life-size bronze statue shows the priest raising a cross with his right hand while his left arm rests on the shoulder of a young indigenous boy at his side.
Junípero Serra y Ferrer, O.F.M., (Petra, November 24, 1713 – Carmel, August 28, 1784) was a Roman Catholic Spanish priest and friar of the Franciscan Order who founded a mission in Baja California and the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco. Serra was beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 25, 1988, in Vatican City. Pope Francis canonised him on September 23, 2015, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., during his first visit to the United States. Because of Serra's recorded acts of piety combined with his missionary efforts, he was granted the posthumous title Apostle of California.
The plaque on the base reads: "Fray Junipero Serra 1713 Petra - Mallorca 1784 Carmel - California"
Another marker says: "La Fundacion Iberostar dona a la ciudad de La Habana la replica de la escultura del artista Horacio de Eguia 1914 - 1991. Cuyo original se encuentra en la plaza de San Francisco de Palma de Mallorca."
Translation: "The Iberostar Foundation donates to the city of Havana the replica of the sculpture of the artist Horacio de Eguia (1914 to 1991). The original one is in the Plaza de San Francisco in Palma de Mallorca."
Source:
Where is original located?: Plaza de San Francisco in Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Where is this replica located?: Plaza de San Francisco de Asis in Havana, Cuba
Who created the original?: Horacio de Eguia
Internet Link about Original: http://fabian.balearweb.net/post/5214
Year Original was Created (approx. ok): 1965
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