Reading85 Sculpture (Spain)

1. 85 Reading

2. Madrid Façade of the National Library of Spain (Biblioteca Nacional de España)

3. Madrid National Library of Spain 

4. Madrid National Library of Spain 

5. Madrid Statue of Alfonso X, El Sabio, by José Alcoverro y Amorós (National Library)

6. Alfonso X  (1221-1284) called The Wise (El Sabio)

8. Statue of St. Isidore of Seville at the entrance staircase of the National Library by José Alcoverro

10. Statue of St. Isidore of Seville (560-636), Doctor of the Church, and last of the Latin Fathers by José Alcoverro

13. Juan Luis Vives (1493–1540), by Pere Carbonell (1892) Antonio de Nebrija  (c.1441–1522) by A. Nogués

14. Juan Luis Vives (1493–1540), by Pere Carbonell (1892) Antonio de Nebrija (c.1441–1522) by A.Nogués

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16. Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo  (1856-1912) en el vestíbulo de la Biblioteca Nacional 

17. Madrid, Paseo de Recoletos Leer a tu lado (Reading side by side) Manuel García Buciños, 1984

18. Madrid, Paseo de Recoletos Leer a tu lado (Reading side by side) Manuel García Buciños, 1984

19. Madrid Lecturas del Dos de Mayo by Enrique Velilla

20. Lecturas del Dos de Mayo by Enrique Velilla Madrid Plaza del 2 de Mayo

21. Barcelona Giant Book Statue Monument al llibre (Monument to the book), 1994 sculpture by Joan Brossa

22. Barcelona, Monument to the book, 1994 sculpture by Joan Brossa

23. Barcelona, Monument to the book, 1994 sculpture by Joan Brossa  on Passeig de Gracia, created on behalf of the guild of second-hand booksellers of Catalonia

25. Barcelona, Núria Tortras Homage to the Blanquerna School 1998 Placa Blanquerna

26. Barcelona, Núria Tortras  (1926 - 2013)  Homage to the Blanquerna School 1998 Placa Blanquerna

28. Barcelona, Placa Blanquerna Homage to the Blanquerna School by Núria Tortras  (1926 - 2013) 

29. Bacelona La Lectura (1948), by Josep Clarà (1878 -1958)

30. Bacelona plaza Adrià, La lliçó (Lesson), by Manuel Silvestre de Edeta (1909-2014)

31. Manuel Silvestre Montesino (Manuel Silvestre de Edeta, 1909-2014)

32. Manuel Silvestre Montesino (Manuel Silvestre de Edeta, 1909-2014)

33. Anna Frank in Gràcia, Barcelona, by Sara Pons Arnal

34. Anna Frank in Barcelona, by Sara Pons Arnal 2001

35. Anna Frank in Barcelona, by Sara Pons Arnal

37. When no longer are the names of the executioners. She still lives. But never again that long shadow and the torrent of blood and tears and mourning mud and drowned so much beauty whose symbol was a girl in bloom must come back Sara Pons Arnal, January 2001

38. Josep María Subirachs (1927-2014) Lladro Figurine

39. Oviedo Esperanza Caminando, 1998 by Julio López Hernández (Spanish, 1930)

42. Oviedo Esperanza Caminando represents a young student walking, absorbed in a book, not noticing the world around. This sculpture is the only work of Julio Lopez Hernandez in Oviedo city. The Esperanza Caminando (directly translated as “walk of hope”) is located in front of the entrance to the Teatro Campoamor, near the street light 

44. La Regenta is a realist novel by Spanish author Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, also known as Clarín, published in 1884 and 1885. This novel has been adapted to Film and TV, written and directed by Fernando Méndez-Leite and premiered in 1995. Statue dedicated to La Regenta in Oviedo by Mauro Álvarez Fernández, 1997

45. Oviedo Statue of Ana Ozores, the protagonist of Alas Clarín's novel, La Regenta

46. Oviedo La Regenta

50. Oviedo La Regenta by Mauro Álvarez Fernández, 1997