A Ferida | |
Other Title 1: | The Wound |
Medium: | Granite |
Height Metric: | 11 |
Metric Unit: | m |
Weight: | 400 tonnes |
City: | Muxia, Spain |
Coordinates: | 43.1112°N -9.2216°W |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 13 |
Owner: | Galicia |
A Ferida (English: The Wound) is a sculpture located in the municipality of Muxía, A Coruña, Spain. Made by sculptor,, it faces the Atlantic Ocean, outside the entrance of the Virxe da Barca sanctuary.[1]
The granite sculpture stands more than in height and weighs 400 tons. The granite came from O Porriño, and it is the largest sculpture in Galicia and Spain.[1]
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.[1]