Gaspar de Portolá - San Diego, CA
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N 32° 43.894 W 117° 09.142
11S E 485723 N 3621539
Located on the facade of San Diego's Museum of Man in Balboa Park.
Waymark Code: WMR6P3
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2016
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This apparently life-sized or slightly larger bust of Gaspar de Portolá depicts him as a young man with wavy hair. He wears a high collared garment with a cape.He also seems to have a large medallion on his left breast.
The Smithsonian Inventory informs us:
Piccirilli, Attilio, 1866-1945, sculptor.
Piccirilli, Furio, 1868-1949, sculptor.
Piccirilli, Horatio, 1872-1954, sculptor.
Piccirilli, Thomas, sculptor.
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Wikipedia (
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"Gaspar de Portolá i Rovira (1716–1786) was a Spanish soldier and administrator in New Spain and became the founder and first governor of Alta California, as commander of the Spanish colonizing expedition on land and sea that established San Diego and Monterey. Portolá also led the first land expedition from San Diego to San Francisco. He named many geographic features on the way, many of which are still in use."