Espanoles en America - Carmel, CA
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N 36° 32.560 W 121° 55.207
10S E 596657 N 4044683
Located in the courtyard of Mission Carmel.
Waymark Code: WMRMZG
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/10/2016
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This large relief depicts a Franciscan friar sitting with a book...presumably a Bible and reading a passage to a young Indian woman who has a young child at her feet. Two male Indians are depicted on either side and the big sailing ship is the distance.No artist is presented but underneath the inscription reads:
"Espanoles en America
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1948
THE INSTITUTE OF HISPANIC CULTURE
OF MADRID OFFERS THIS MONUMENT
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MISSIONARY
LABORS OF SPAIN IN CALIFORNIA"
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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1948
Where is this sculpture?:
Misson Carmel
Carmel, CA USA
Sculptors Name: unknown
Website for sculpture?: Not listed
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