Monument to Antonio Cánovas del Castillo: Overall view

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posted on 2017-07-05, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie

José Grases Riera (1850-1919) was a Catalan architect, who designed the base of the 1901 monument to Antonio Cánovas del Castillo in the Plaza de la Marina Española, with sculptor Joaquín Bilbao [Martinez]. Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (February 8, 1828-August 8, 1897) was a Spanish politician and historian known principally for his role in supporting the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy to the Spanish throne and for his death at the hands of an anarchist assassin, Michele Angiolillo.

History

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-07-05

Spatial Coverage

Madrid, Madrid, Spain|+40.420932-3.711525|Madrid

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Twentieth century', 'Nineteenth century']

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Monuments Statues Sculpture, Spanish

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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