Antonio Maura | |
Location: | , Palma, Spain |
Designer: | Mariano Benlliure |
Material: | Bronze, stone, marble |
Dedicated To: | Antonio Maura |
Open: | 13 December 1929 |
Coordinates: | 39.5712°N 2.6489°W |
The Monument to Antonio Maura is an instance of public art in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Designed by Mariano Benlliure, it consists of a sculptural ensemble dedicated to Antonio Maura.
The monument was funded by popular subscription, and the design was awarded to Mariano Benlliure.[1] The standing bronze statue of Antonio Maura, depicted in oratorical attitude, tops off the stone pedestal.[2] Placed below Maura, an allegory of Truth made of white marble completes the ensemble.[3] Truth is depicted pointing at a cartouche reading ("Antonio Maura equaled thought with [his] life"),[4] adapted from a verse from Epístola moral a Fabio.
The monument was unveiled at its location in the Plaça del Mercat on 13 December 1929,[5] on occasion of the 4th anniversary of the death of Maura. The statue was toppled and damaged on 11 November 2014 by the fall of a nearby ficus. After undergoing a restoration process, the statue returned to the Plaça del Mercat a year later.