Monument to the poet Teodoro Llorente Olivares

The ensemble, arranged in a circle, is an association of Llorentino motifs – dulzainero, tamborilero, Faust and Margarita and an allegorical nude of Poetry – the scene culminates with the decoration of Llorente for Valencia. It was restored in 2003.

At the junction of the Gran Via par excellence -that of the Marqués del Turia- with the streets of Pizarro and Taquigrafo Martí rises since August 4, 1913, this commemorative monument has been inspired by the poet, in Valencian and Spanish, historian, journalist and public man, Teodor Llorente Olivares, on the initiative of Peris Mencheta, supported by distinguished personalities of the culture.

Through a previous competition and subscription, it was awarded to the project of the architect Dicenta and the Valencian sculptor Gabriel Borràs, son of the painter Vicente Borrás Abella.

The whole, arranged in a circle suitable to be seen from four sides and still from all possible points of view, is an association of Llorentino motifs – dulzainero, timbaler, Fausto and Margarita (as translator of foreign poets) the girl with the honey jug, the last gift made to the poet and an allegorical nude of poetry – culminated by the scene of the coronation of Llorente by Valencia, evoking the effective imposition of the silver crown, shaped like laurel branches, which the poet had previously objected to, during the Regional Exposition.

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