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Monument to the Spanish Navy, (sculpture). Artist:  Feito, Don Jose, sculptor. Title:  Monument to the Spanish Navy, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Concrete, metal, and wood, painted. Dimensions:  Approx. 18 x 27 x 48 ft. Inscription:  (On plaque on anchor's base, in raised lettering:) LA ARMADA ESPANOLA/A LA CIUDAD DE MIAMI/ANCLA SIGLO XVII/ARSENAL DE FERROL/MAYO 1991 Monumeto ala Marina Espanals/1992/Promotor Don Erik/I. Martel/Caves Ginia De Espana/Arquitect, Don Jose Felito (sic) unsigned Description:  A low boat shape, enclosing a large anchor and smaller globe. The boat's concrete rims serve as seating areas. Inside the boat's perimeter, the anchor rests on a rectangular tapered base, and is stabilized by eight cables, four on each side, that stretch from the rims of the sculpture to the perpendicular wood cross on the top of the anchor. At the opposite end of the boat, the globe is encased in metal bars representing longitude and latitude. The globe rests on a tapered rectangular base. The entire monument is set on a rise with its "nose" four feet below ground level. Subject:  Architecture -- Boat -- Warship Occupation -- Military -- Navy Ethnic -- Spanish Object -- Other -- Globe Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Miami Bench Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Miami, Parks and Recreation, 1390 N.W. 7th Street, Miami, Florida 33125 Located Bicentennial Park, Southeast corner, Miami, Florida References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Miami survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS FL000610   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture FL000610 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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