Monumento a los Hermanos Álvarez Quintero in Retiro Park

Monumento a los Hermanos Álvarez Quintero in Retiro Park

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Located in Madrid's Retiro Park on the avenida de Colombia, the Monumento a los Hermanos Álvarez Quintero is a sculptural ensemble made of stone, marble, and bronze.

In the Retiro Park in Madrid, on the avenida de Colombia, a sculptural ensemble stands. Known as the Monumento a los Hermanos Álvarez Quintero, it is made of stone, marble, and bronze.

The monument measures 6.10 x 14.00 x 8.50 m. It features a female figure 2.06 m high and an Andalusian rider measuring 2.75 x 1.53 x 2.53 m. It was inaugurated in 1934.

The work was commissioned to the sculptor Lorenzo Coullaut Valera. Following his death in 1932, his son Federico Coullaut finished the ensemble by creating the figure of the rider.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

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