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Monument to Rosalía de Castro
On the Paseo da Ferradura in the Alameda Park in Santiago is this beautiful statue dedicated to the Galician poet Rosalía de Castro. It is a sculpture made of granite, which is dated 1917 and whose authors are Isidro de Benito and Francisco Clivilles.
The sculpture has several plaques: from the Unidade Gallega in New York dedicated to the “cantora do pobo galego”, from the Centro Santiago de Compostela in Bos Aires (1934), from the Peña Gallega Manuel Murguía in Santa Fe (1959), from the Centro Gallego de Puerto Rico in (1965) and from Cantigas e Agarimos (1971), among others.
The enclave in which it is located is idyllic due to its abundant vegetation and views of the Cathedral and the South University Campus.