A Ferida

{{Short description|Sculpture in the municipality of Muxía, A Coruña, Spain}}

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| other_title_1 = The Wound

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| caption = The sculpture in 2009

| artist = {{ill|Alberto Bañuelos Fournier|nl}}

| year = {{start date|2003}}

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| medium = Granite

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| weight = 400 tonnes

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| city = Muxia, Spain

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A Ferida (English: The Wound) is a sculpture located in the municipality of Muxía, A Coruña, Spain. Made by sculptor, {{ill|Alberto Bañuelos Fournier|nl}}, it faces the Atlantic Ocean, outside the entrance of the Virxe da Barca sanctuary.{{cite web |title=A Ferida |url=https://vivecamino.com/en/muxia/a-ferida-3533 |website=vivecamino.com}}

The granite sculpture stands more than {{convert|11|m}} in height and weighs 400 tons. The granite came from O Porriño, and it is the largest sculpture in Galicia and Spain.

Background

The work was donated by Seguros Aegon to the Muxián council as a tribute to the volunteers who came to help the Galician people when the Prestige oil spill occurred on November 13, 2002. It was inaugurated on September 12, 2003.

Gallery

A Ferida escultura en Muxía 05.jpg|A Ferida

A Ferida escultura en Muxía 03.jpg|A Ferida

A Ferida escultura en Muxía 04.jpg|A Ferida

Monumento fronte ó Santuario da Virxe da Barca, Muxía.jpg|A Ferida

Muxía.Pedra da Ferida.jpg|A Ferida

Muxía A Ferida Monumento ao desastre do Prestige Atardecer de J A Alcaide.jpg|A Ferida

A Ferida de Alberto Bañuelos Fournier, Muxía.jpg|A Ferida

See also

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