The Argentine who stands taller in Spain

Juan Domingo Perón is a man of many titles: President, General, and Paladin of the Argentine–Spanish friendship. But this statue, The Monument to General Perón in Madrid, Spain, is the only one dedicated to him outside of Argentina. Cast in bronze and standing 2.10 meters high, the bronze image of Perón in his military uniform represents a token of gratitude from the Spanish people to Perón for his support to the Francoist regime during the immediate period after World War II, amid the international isolation of the dictatorship.

In July 1975, the statue was unveiled at a ceremony attended by local dignitaries, and before the inauguration, authorities paid a floral tribute to the nearby Monument to Isabella the Catholic. The Monument to General Perón stands on a granite pedestal at the namesake avenue.

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