- CountrySpain
- Town:Barcelona
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Year of creation:1924
- Rider(s):Saint George
Saint George, patron saint of England, of Moscow and of Cáceres in Spain, was an early Christian martyr, who during the Middle Ages became a paragon of valour and selflessness.
Nothing of his life or deeds can be established, but legends about him as a warrior saint became popular, such as the story of his rescuing a Libyan king’s daughter from a dragon and then slaying the monster in return for the king’s subjects promising to be baptized. - Sculptor(s):Llimona, Josep
(1863- 1934) was a Spanish sculptor, who was seen as one of the best representatives of Catelan modernism.
This is an extraordinary sculpture of Saint George. Not as usual as the hero fighting the dragon, but as a human being, exhausted after the fight.