Administered by City of Coral Gables Architectural Division 285 Aragon Avenue Coral Gables Florida 33134
Located Cartagena Circle Old Cutler Road & Lejeune Road Coral Gables Florida
Date:
Oct. 12, 1976. Dedicated Aug. 1979. Destroyed Aug. 1992. Rebuilt 1993. Rededicated Dec. 14, 1993
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Miami survey, 1994.
Metro-Dade Center, Art in Public Places, 1988.
Image on file.
Metro-Dade Center, Art in Public Places, "Monuments in Dade County," Nancy Block, 1988.
(On left shoe:) Hector Lombrana (sic) (Poem "A Mi Ciudad Nativa" is incised on base in Spanish) (Dedication plaque is on base in Spanish, raised letters) (English dedication plaque on base, raised letters:) ON OCTOBER 12, 1979/UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF MAYOR JIMMY DUNN/THIS MONUMENT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF/CORAL GABLES, THROUGH THE PEOPLE TO PEOPLE/PROGRAM BY FERNANDO URREGO E. AND THE/SCULPTOR HECTOR LOMBRANA (SIC), AS A TRIBUTE TO/THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE SISTER CITIES OF/CORAL GABLES AND CARTAGENA DE INDIAS. signed
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Summary:
A large pair of shoes, one upright and the other on its side.
