Monument to Tolerance

The Monument to Tolerance is a 9-meter statue in Sevilla, Spain. Created by the master sculptor Eduardo Chillida, it stands on the Muelle de la Sal, next to the Paseo de Colón, the Bridge of Triana and the Guadalquivir River. The monument was inaugurated on April 1, 1992, and cost 589,000€ or 98 million pesetas, fully financed by the Fundación Amigos de Sefarad. It commemorates the Edict of Granada of 1492, which forced Jews to leave Spain. The idea for its construction came from the municipal government of 1980, led by Alcalde Luis Uruñuela. The project was initially put on hold, and was later unblocked by Jesús Aguirre. At the inauguration, the president of Israel, Jaim Herzog, and his wife Aura, as well as Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, attended. Eduardo Chillida, the author of the sculpture, also spoke at the event.

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