Post by account_disabled on Feb 18, 2024 21:53:22 GMT 12
Otero Cristo del Otero at sunset. By MiguelAngel The tallest Christ in Spain is located on a hill from which you can see the city of Palencia almost from a bird's eye view. It is the Cristo del Otero and measures 21 meters, a little less than the Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro (30 meters), with which it is twinned. Both sculptures share a curious characteristic: in addition to being located high up, representing the same figure and having unusual dimensions, it turns out that they were inaugurated – by chance – in 1931. The man from Palencia is a little older, since if he were a person he would blow out the candles on his birthday cake on June 12, while the Brazilian would celebrate his anniversary on October 12. The Cristo del Otero is striking for many reasons that go beyond its own imposing appearance and are related to its creation. Although it weighs 392 tons and the resources he had were light years away from what he could have today, Victorio Macho completed the work in just eight months.
The sculptor laid the first stone of the sculpture on June 15, 1930 and the work was completed in February 1931, although it was inaugurated months later. The funds for its construction were raised through a popular collection. Cristo del Otero, the tallest Christ in Spain Cristo del Otero, the tallest Christ in Spain. By james633 “The scaffolding Cell Phone Number List they had was very rudimentary,” says Luis Alonso, sculptor and disciple of Victorio Macho, in a video tribute to the author on the 90th anniversary of the enormous Santiago Corazón in Palencia. “To be honest, when I was restoring the Cristo del Otero in 2015 and I had to move up and down and saw its dimensions, I don't know how it could have been done in the year 30. “It's a splendid job,” he says, still amazed after all this time. An itinerant life Cristo del Otero, the tallest Christ in Spain Cristo del Otero, the tallest Christ in Spain. By KarSol At the feet of Christ there is a hermitage in which its author , a native of Palencia, is buried, and an interpretation center dedicated to his figure.
Although those who are not specialists in sculptural art may not know his name, Macho has signed some of the most visited statues in the country, such as that of Benito Pérez Galdós – of whom he was a close friend – who resides in Madrid's Retiro Park, or the monument to Jacinto Benavente, which can be seen in the same premises. But the work of Macho, a traveler despite himself, is not only found in Spain. His life was quite itinerant: his family, of humble origins, moved when he was little to Santander and very soon he went to Madrid to enter the famous Royal School of Arts of San Fernando. There, in addition to earning a reputation as a rebel, he frequented the circle of intellectuals of the Generation of '98. In 1936 he was appointed professor at the school where he trained, but when the Civil War broke out he had to leave Spain. He first lived in Paris and Russia and finally headed to Latin America, where he visited six countries.
The sculptor laid the first stone of the sculpture on June 15, 1930 and the work was completed in February 1931, although it was inaugurated months later. The funds for its construction were raised through a popular collection. Cristo del Otero, the tallest Christ in Spain Cristo del Otero, the tallest Christ in Spain. By james633 “The scaffolding Cell Phone Number List they had was very rudimentary,” says Luis Alonso, sculptor and disciple of Victorio Macho, in a video tribute to the author on the 90th anniversary of the enormous Santiago Corazón in Palencia. “To be honest, when I was restoring the Cristo del Otero in 2015 and I had to move up and down and saw its dimensions, I don't know how it could have been done in the year 30. “It's a splendid job,” he says, still amazed after all this time. An itinerant life Cristo del Otero, the tallest Christ in Spain Cristo del Otero, the tallest Christ in Spain. By KarSol At the feet of Christ there is a hermitage in which its author , a native of Palencia, is buried, and an interpretation center dedicated to his figure.
Although those who are not specialists in sculptural art may not know his name, Macho has signed some of the most visited statues in the country, such as that of Benito Pérez Galdós – of whom he was a close friend – who resides in Madrid's Retiro Park, or the monument to Jacinto Benavente, which can be seen in the same premises. But the work of Macho, a traveler despite himself, is not only found in Spain. His life was quite itinerant: his family, of humble origins, moved when he was little to Santander and very soon he went to Madrid to enter the famous Royal School of Arts of San Fernando. There, in addition to earning a reputation as a rebel, he frequented the circle of intellectuals of the Generation of '98. In 1936 he was appointed professor at the school where he trained, but when the Civil War broke out he had to leave Spain. He first lived in Paris and Russia and finally headed to Latin America, where he visited six countries.