Urdaneta Park Landmark Monument | |
Location: | Fray Andres de Urdaneta Park, Urdaneta, Pangasinan |
Type: | Memorial |
Height: | 3.66m (12.01feet)[1] |
Open: | 2009 |
Dedicated To: | Andrés de Urdaneta |
Coordinates: | 16.0039°N 120.5762°W |
The Urdaneta Park Landmark Monument[2] is a memorial in the city of Urdaneta in Pangasinan, Philippines. It is dedicated to Spanish maritime explorer, Andrés de Urdaneta who is also the namesake of the city. It is the centerpiece of the Fray Andres de Urdaneta Park which is situated in front of the Urdaneta City Hall in Barangay Anonas.[3]
Sculptors Napoleon Abueva and Abdulmari Imao, landscape artist Ildefonso Santos and writer Alejandro Roces where involved in the creation of the monument. All four are already recognized as National Artists of the Philippines at the time of the monument's conception. Ben Cabrera also contributed a mural for the Urdaneta Park.[4] The monument was unveiled in 2009.[2]