Monumento a los ángeles trianeros
Monumento a los ángeles trianeros stands in Seville’s Triana district as a contemporary sculpture dedicated to local sailors. Gabriel Mozas created it in 1992 and donated it to Seville.
A bronze high-relief fixed to a stone mural shows Christopher Columbus among sailors from Triana. The raised hand turns the scene into a farewell. The Church of Santa Ana appears behind them, linking departing crews with the neighborhood they left behind. A ceramic plaque commemorates Rodrigo de Triana, Rodrigo de Bastidas, Andrés de Morales, and many unnamed mariners. Rodrigo de Triana first spotted land from the Pinta during Columbus’s first voyage in 1492.
The dedication accompanied Seville’s Universal Exposition and its five-hundredth anniversary of the arrival in the Americas. The sculpture was restored in 2006. Bronze, stone, and glazed ceramic preserve both celebrated names and the sailors whose stories remain anonymous.
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