Monumento al Obispo Amigó

In the square of the same name, on the initiative of the corresponding falla, since March 10, 1974, a small monument surrounded by a landscaped space and with fountains and laundry, dedicated to this son of Massamagrell who got the episcopal see of Segorbe, after that of Solsona, apart from other missionary, cultural and charitable activities and founder of the Religious Order of the Capuchin tertiaries. The bust, donated by the family, is the work of the sculptor José Pérez Pérez, first national medal in 1950, placed on a pedestal of square section, solemnly inaugurating on the date predicted in 1974 and flaunting, on the pedestal, “Valencia to the illustrious pedagogue Bisbe Amigó. 1854-1934”, being the two dates, one that of his birth and the other his death in Godella.

The small monument animates the environment, ennobled by the not scarce vegetation. There are the streets of Bon Ordre and Cuenca, Historiador Diago, Sant Josep de Calasanç and Sant Francesc de Borja, a quality that is increased by the large double-chamfered building of the branch of the Caja de Ahorros de Valencia, a unique work, characteristic of the academic architect Don Antonio Gómez-Davó, of materials of the best condition and flag trace, with casilicis as a finish and wrought iron on doors and balconies, constituting an entire enclave that softens the aridity of this urban fabric, in danger, because it is not ancient or modern, of falling into vulgarity.

This aestheticization of the area is enhanced by the marble sculpture of professor and academic “Victor Hino” (Victoriano Gómez López, + 1979), a female nude not entirely after the block, which contributes to give it interest.

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