Oscos-eo Destinations

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Work "Life" - Entreseca Bridge

Sculpture forming part of the "Artistic path of the 12 bridges".

Continuing along the Paseo de Cesar Montaña, which leads us to the Vegadeo Recreational Area, we come across the Vida sculpture on the Entreseca Bridge. It is a work of 20 metres long and of an intense red colour that develops along the bridge using one of the parapets as a support. According to its author, Vicente Pastor (Luarca), this sculpture reflects "the natural world and the human world forced to coexist".

The work of César Montaña (A Veiga/Vegadeo, 1928-Madrid, 2000), one of the great names in Spanish sculpture in the second half of the 20th century, also has a prominent presence in Vegadeo, as could not be otherwise. And, although he does not belong to the path as such, it is possible and highly recommended, taking advantage of the route, to visit three of his magnificent works:

-The Blacksmith: located in the Elisa and Luis Villamil Secondary School, and which represents one of the traditional trades of the 0scos-Eo region, iron working.

-Reading in Penarronda: this is a sculpture located in the Plaza de la Llanera, in Calle del Sur, which represents a woman lying on the sand of Penarronda beach reading a book. It is a work cast in bronze from a plaster mould that was in his workshop.

-The Venus Algálica del Eo: located in Medal Park, in the centre of Vegadeo, and made in homage to the writer Álvaro Fernández Suárez and his little fairytale country.

-In the Town Hall square there is a fountain that in reality could well be another sculptural work. It is a representation of L Eté (summer, in French), a reproduction of a work by the French sculptor Mathurin Moreau, placed on an iron fountain. The sculpture depicts a young adolescent boy, wearing a short tunic and a cloak hanging over his left shoulder, holding a sickle and a rake in his hands, an allegorical representation of summer.