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At
Huelva in La Punta del Sebo, stands The Monument to Columbus, by
Whitney. This large, imposing statue, highly modern in style, is
the work of the American heiress, who was herself a sculptor, and
who gave it to the city. It stands facing La Rábida at the
meeting point of the Tinto and Odiel rivers.
The 14th century figure of The Virgin of the Miracles,
also known as the Patroness of the Americas, is displayed in the
monastery of Santa María de la Rábida at Palos de
la Frontera. This small Gothic carving in alabaster of the Virgin
with the Infant Jesus in her arms, is very lifelike. The church
and lower cloister are decorated with medieval frescoes from the
early 15th century, painted in earthy tones and representing Gothic-style
leaves, bows, heraldry and battlements. Also of interest is the
mural "The Discovery" by Vázquez Díaz. The
Archaeological Museum of Huelva possesses an extraordinary bronze
vase made by the pre-Roman Tartessos tribe, representing the heads
of a deer and a horse, as well as the adornments for a carriage,
with a feline head used to decorate the axle head.
The Monastery of Santa Clara, in Moguer, contains
a series of eight frescoes representing The Apocalypse, painted
between 1635-40, by Jerónimo Velázquez, a disciple
of Martínez Montañes.
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