Cristo de Monteagudo | |
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38°01′13″N 1°05′53″W / 38.020282°N 1.097969°W | |
Location | Castle of Monteagudo , Murcia, Spain |
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Designer | Nicolás Martínez Ramón |
Height | 14 metres (46 ft), 34 metres (112 ft) with its pedestal |
Opening date | 28 October 1951 |
The Christ of Monteagudo is a colossal statue of Jesus located on top of the Castle of Monteagudo , in Murcia, Spain.
There was a previous statue of Jesus on top of the hill, sculpted by Anastasio Martínez Hernández and inaugurated on 31 October 1926. [1] It was demolished after an agreement voted by the Municipal Council in November 1936, in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. [2]
The second and current iteration of the sculpture was a work by Nicolás Martínez Ramón, son of Anastasio Martínez Hernández. [3] 14 metre high and placed on a 20 metre plinth, [2] it stands 4 metres higher than its predecessor. [3] It was unveiled on 28 October 1951. [2]
Built on a public plot, in 2010 a requirement was filed by two lawyers before the Directorate-General of State Patrimony, dependent on the Ministry of Economy and Finance to ask for the removal of the monument as they considered a public space was being used for religious purposes, arguing that "that Christ is an intruder and an attempt against the religious freedom and the non-confessionalism of the State" and considering a "provocation" the existence of a reproduction of Jesus Christ on one of the landmarks better representing the splendour of the Islamic period of Murcia. [4] [5] The requirement was eventually dismissed by the High Court of Justice of Madrid in 2015 on the basis the monument was "part of the cultural tradition of Murcia". [5]
By 2018, the monument presented a bad state of conservation, with pieces of concrete falling from the fingers of the statue and gaps in the joints of the pieces. [6]
Cristo de Monteagudo | |
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38°01′13″N 1°05′53″W / 38.020282°N 1.097969°W | |
Location | Castle of Monteagudo , Murcia, Spain |
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Designer | Nicolás Martínez Ramón |
Height | 14 metres (46 ft), 34 metres (112 ft) with its pedestal |
Opening date | 28 October 1951 |
The Christ of Monteagudo is a colossal statue of Jesus located on top of the Castle of Monteagudo , in Murcia, Spain.
There was a previous statue of Jesus on top of the hill, sculpted by Anastasio Martínez Hernández and inaugurated on 31 October 1926. [1] It was demolished after an agreement voted by the Municipal Council in November 1936, in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. [2]
The second and current iteration of the sculpture was a work by Nicolás Martínez Ramón, son of Anastasio Martínez Hernández. [3] 14 metre high and placed on a 20 metre plinth, [2] it stands 4 metres higher than its predecessor. [3] It was unveiled on 28 October 1951. [2]
Built on a public plot, in 2010 a requirement was filed by two lawyers before the Directorate-General of State Patrimony, dependent on the Ministry of Economy and Finance to ask for the removal of the monument as they considered a public space was being used for religious purposes, arguing that "that Christ is an intruder and an attempt against the religious freedom and the non-confessionalism of the State" and considering a "provocation" the existence of a reproduction of Jesus Christ on one of the landmarks better representing the splendour of the Islamic period of Murcia. [4] [5] The requirement was eventually dismissed by the High Court of Justice of Madrid in 2015 on the basis the monument was "part of the cultural tradition of Murcia". [5]
By 2018, the monument presented a bad state of conservation, with pieces of concrete falling from the fingers of the statue and gaps in the joints of the pieces. [6]