Logbook · 19 places

La Ferida

Muxía, Fisterra, A Coruña

1 Villages · 7 Monuments · 4 Nature · 1 Activities · 3 Curiosities · 2 Historical milestones · 1 Food and drink

Spain › Galicia › A Coruña › Fisterra › Muxía › La Ferida

La Ferida

Monument · Muxía, Fisterra, A Coruña

Standing on a knoll facing the Atlantic Ocean, next to the sanctuary of the Virxe da Barca, in the concello of Muxía, this granite sculpture from O Porriño, more than eleven metres high and weighing about 400 tonnes divided between two structures, is the largest sculpture in Galicia and in Spain. The work of the Burgos-born artist Alberto Bañuelos-Fournier, it was donated by the insurance company Aegon to the concello of Muxía as a tribute to the volunteers who came to help after the Prestige disaster, which occurred on 13 November 2002, and was unveiled on 12 September 2003.

Photo: Pilar Ponte; (CC BY-SA 2.0)

What to see and do in Muxía