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The Virgin of El Panecillo (in Spanish: Virgen del Panecillo), also known as the Virgin of Quito from the sculpture of the same name, is a monument in Quito, Ecuador. It is located on the top of the hill of El Panecillo , a loaf-shaped hill in the heart of the city and serves as a backdrop to the historic center of Quito.
Herrán Matorras' Virgin of El Panecillo (1976) on El Panecillo is a large replica of the sculpture. The Virgin of Quito (Spanish, La Virgen de Quito) — also known as the Virgin of the Apocalypse, Winged Virgin of Quito, Dancing Madonna, and Legarda's Virgin — is a wooden sculpture by the Quiteño artist Bernardo de Legarda (ca. 1700-1773) which has become the most representative example ...
The statue was engineered and erected by Anibal Lopez of Quito. El Panecillo in the 19th century. Quito (c. 1889), attributed to Rafael Salas. National Museum of Ecuador. The virgin stands on top of a globe and is stepping on a snake, which is a classic madonna iconography. Less traditional are the wings.
Statue of Don Juan de Oñate called The Equestrian in El Paso, Texas - At 36 feet (11 m) tall, it is purported by the sculptor to be the largest bronze equestrian statue in the world. Statue of Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas - At 66 feet (20 m) tall, it is the tallest statue of any American political figure.
The Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado mountain was meant to be an act of religious propaganda for Rio de Janeiro. But over the past century, it has become the symbol of the tolerant ...
Today, the Christ statue with its arms wide open welcomes millions of selfie-snapping tourists each year. In 2017, it was elected as one of the new seven Wonders of the World .
A pilot safely ejected from a plane Thursday after a failed landing that was caught on video at a North Texas military base, officials said. The Marine Corps variant of a fighter jet, known as a F ...
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