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MONUMENT TO TORRIJOS

Diputación de Málaga
Monumento a Torrijos. Plaza de la Constitución. Málaga

MONUMENT TO TORRIJOS

Plaza de la Merced
Zip Code 29012
Monuments and Art > Sculpture and Monolith

PERIOD 19th century

DESCRIPTION

Monument dedicated to General Torrijos and his colleagues, executed on the Malaga beaches on 11 December 1831.

In the middle of the square, surrounded by a wide railing, stands the marble like monument erected by the municipality in memory of General Josê Marîa Torrijos and his colleagues.

It is one of the most important and characteristic 19th century civil town monuments in Malaga. It comprises a crypt, where the General's remains were laid to rest, and an elegant pedestal on a square, good-sized base that finishes in a tall pyramid, on which a bronze crown of laurel is dedicated to each of the 49 victims of that sad event.

The monument is topped by another crown placed on the apex of the pyramid.
 

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