The Spirit of Healing - San Antonio, TX, USA
N 29° 25.584 W 098° 29.935
14R E 548604 N 3255333
An eight-story high mosaic forms a mural on the W. Houston Street side of the Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital that is across the street from Milam Park in San Antonio, TX.
Waymark Code: WM9XJW
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2010
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In the 500 block of W. Houston Street in San Antonio there is an eight-story high angel watching over the Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital. This angel is part of a ginormous mosaic, reputed to be the largest mosaic of its kind (religious mosaic) in the USA(1,2). The artist who created "The Spirit of Healing" is local artist Jesse Trevino(1,3). The mosaic is composed of 2,000 pieces of tile of 70 different colors placed together to create a 93 feet by 43 feet wide mural on the side wall of the hospital adjacent Milam Park(1). Jesse Trevino's son was used as the model for the young boy shown in the art work(2). Trevino is an accomplished muralist who works with only one hand. His right hand was lost in Vietnam while he was on military duty there. After years of recovery, he relearned how to continue his art, and this angelic mosaic is both symbolic to him in his recovery and overcoming setbacks, and to the children and their families who come to this hospital(1). The coordinates are taken from across W. Houston Street along the edge of Milam Park where viewing the mosaic mural is best.
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Address:
500 block of W. Houston Street (across from Milam Park)
San Antonio, TX USA
78207
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