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Monument to Count Ansúrez

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29: 203:("the city of Valladolid erects this monument to the memory of its protector and magnanimous benefactor Count D. Pedro Ansúrez. 12-13th centuries"), the arms of the city and two reliefs depicting episodes of the life of Ansúrez. It was unveiled on 31 December 1903. 180:
Standing about 2.60 m high, the statue of the Count raises the banner of Castile with the right hand, while the left hand grabs the scrolls entitling him as Lord of Valladolid, while also leaning on the handle of a broadsword.
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Predated by earlier failed attempts in the 19th century to erect a monument to the founder of the city, the project of the statue was entrusted in the early 20th century to
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la ciudad de valladolid erige este monumento a la memoria de su protector y magnánimo bienhechor el conde d. pedro ansúrez. siglos xi-xii
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The monument was temporarily stored in the 1970s and the 1990s during reform works in the plaza.
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Ego comes Petrus. Pedro Ansúrez, caballero leal, 1118-2018
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The stone pedestal was designed by municipal architect
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41°39′07″N 4°43′43″W / 41.651978°N 4.728548°W / 41.651978; -4.728548
Plaza Mayor
Valladolid
Aurelio Carretero
Juan Agapito y Revilla
es
Bronze
stone
Pedro Ansúrez
Valladolid
Plaza Mayor
Count Pedro Ansúrez
Aurelio Carretero
bronze
Juan Agapito y Revilla
es



"Valladolid salda su deuda con el fundador de la ciudad"
El Norte de Castilla
Urrea 2019
Urrea 2019


"El conde Ansúrez pierde su sitio"
El Norte de Castilla
"Imagen y memoria del conde Ansúrez"
Ayuntamiento de Valladolid

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