The Monument to Concepción Arenal funded by popular subscription

Located in Madrid's Parque del Oeste, the Monumento a Concepción Arenal is a work of public art dedicated to the 19th-century jurist and precursor of feminism, Concepción Arenal. The sculpture was created by José María Palma Burgos, a sculptor from Granada. The monument was funded via popular subscription and unveiled on 29 May 1934 at the plaza de Ruperto Chapí.

The sculptural group features a granite basement with a seated statue of Arenal made of limestone. She is dressed in a judicial robe, with an allegory of Peace cast in bronze on her right flank and a symbolization of the ideas of Liberty, Justice, and Forgiveness, sculpted in stone, to her left flank. An inscription at its base reads: 'concepción arenal. amó la ciencia. consoló el dolor' ('Concepción Arenal. She loved science. She comforted pain').

The unveiling ceremony included several institutional representatives, such as Niceto Alcalá Zamora, President of the Republic, and Vicente Cantos, Minister of Justice. Clara Campoamor also intervened as a speaker on behalf of the organizing committee for the erection of the monument. The monument endured damage during the Civil War of 1936-1939 and was later restored by José María Palma with the help of architect Pedro Muguruza. In 1995, the monument was moved to its current location near the Paseo Moret.

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