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García Morán family

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceAvilesEN

C-33-A | This work by Manuel del Busto has nothing to do with the mausolea like the one he made for Bonifacio Heres. The Morán family entrust Manuel and his son Juan Manuel this work in 1935 which, no doubt, is one of the most original that can be found in the...

The construction of the municipal cemetery of La Carriona

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The construction project was made by the municipal architecht of the time: Ricardo Marcos Bausá, who also worked in the Escuela de Artes y Oficios and El Muelle park.He later worked in Madrid, along with Arturo Soria, in the design of the “Ciudad Lineal”. The new...

Ana de Valle

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C-31 | Ana Iglesias Arias, known as Ana de Valle (1900-1984) was a remakable poet who published her first poems in the local newspaper La Voz de Avilés at 24 years of age. Her first book, Pájaro Azul, was published in 1932. She was a great defender of human rights,...

Julián Orbón & family

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Art and memory combine in the Orbón’s family mausoleum. | C-31 – 4 Julián Orbón (1915-1991) belonged to a family related to arts and music. Julián spent most of his life in America, where the musician delighted the audience with a broad repertory played by the...

José Manuel García González – Marcos del Torniello

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C-6 Nº C- P. 2 CL. | There is a mausoleum in remembrance of José Manuel García González, known as “Marcos del Torniello” (1853-1938). He was born in the nearby Ambiendes, but he lived in Avilés for most of his life. He is one of the most outstanding writers in...

Bonifacio Heres

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Lawyer, Avilés Mayor from 1874 to 1879 | 72-73 Being a wealthy man, he committed the prestigious Asturian architecht Manuel del Busto to design his mausolem. Historicism was an artistic style very used at the moment. Reproducing ancient shapes and models of our...