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Reading88 Sculpture (Spain)

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Reading88 Sculpture (Spain)

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  1. 88 Reading Valle de los Caídos

  2. Valle de los Caídos (Valley of the Fallen)

  3.  The cable car that once rattled up to the cross is no longer in service

  4. Nestled in the lovely Sierra de Guadarrama, and located only 12 kilometers from UNESCO World Heritage Site El Escorial, Valle de los Caídos is a place of contradictions. Composed of a basilica, abbey, and an enormous cross, The Valley of the Fallen was commissioned by Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in 1940 to supposedly honor the fallen of the Spanish Civil War.

  5. The Holy Cross of the Valley of the Fallen is built on top of a rocky cliff known as Risco de la Nava at 1,400 meters above sea level

  6. The door of the temple, 10.40 meters high and 5.80 meters wide

  7. The door is made of bronze and is the work of Fernando Cruz Solis (1923-2003)

  8. The monumental hieratic sculptures over the main gate and the base of the cross culminated the career of Juan de Ávalos (1911-2006)

  9. The Holy Cross of the Valley of the Fallen was built on top of a cliff. It is 150 meters high and its arms have a width of 47 meters. This is one of the biggest cross in the world. The architect of this granite structure was Diego Mendez. At the base of the cross there are four huge sculptures of the four Evangelists, made by the sculptor Juan de Avalos

  10. At the base of the cross there are four huge sculptures of the four Evangelists

  11. The base of the cross with sculptures made by Juan de Ávalos (1911-2006)

  12. The cardinal virtues: prudence, temperance, justice, fortitude (17 meters high each) The justice

  13. Juan de Avalos (1911-2006) San Mateo An angel is the symbol of St. Matthew the Evangelist

  14. San Mateo The statues of the Evangelists are 18 meters high each

  15. San Mateo

  16. San Mateo

  17. San Mateo

  18. The complex was built between 1940 and 1958 

  19. About 40,000 Nationalist and Republican soldiers are buried here

  20. San Marcos The winged lion is the symbol of St. Mark the Evangelist

  21. San Marcos The overall weight of the cross including its base is approximately 200,000 metric tons

  22. San Marcos

  23. San Marcos

  24. San Juan & San Lucas

  25. San Lucas The bull is the symbol of the evangelist St. Luke

  26. San Lucas

  27. San Juan & San Lucas

  28. San Juan The eagle is the symbol of St. John the Evangelist

  29. San Juan

  30. San Juan

  31. San Juan

  32. From the big esplanade below to the top of the cross there are 300 meters

  33. moments of modeling in clay the head of San Juan in the sculptor's studio

  34. Juan de Avalos (1911-2006) Modeling in clay the head of San Juan in the sculptor's studio

  35. The sculptor and the heads of Saints Luke and Markin clay

  36. The exhibition Architectural League of New York - 1962 clay sculpture of the Angel de la paz

  37. Clay sculpture Angel de la paz (Angel of Peace) Smithsonian Institute Juan de Avalos (1911-2006) Miguel de Cervantes

  38. Juan de Avalos (1911-2006) Angel de la paz (Angel of Peace), 1964 and today

  39. Juan de Avalos (1911-2006) Saint Paul Madrid Cathedral de la Almudena

  40. Juan de Avalos (1911-2006) Exhibition Merida 2011

  41. Juan de Avalos José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955)  Madrid Facultad Filosofía y Letras

  42. José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955) 

  43. José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955)  was a prolific and distinguished philosopher of Spain 

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