recognise this statue?

[trevor56]

Hi
I walked the CF a while ago and took this picture of a Madonna statue and it's bugging me that I can't remember where. Going by the date I imagine somewhere around Palas del Rei, about 60km from SDC.

 

[Kanga]

I think it is in Arzua.

 

[Stephen Nicholls]

Wherever it is .... a beautiful statue - and just LOOK at that sky!!! I miss blue Spanish skies!

 

[Introibo]

I think it's in Melide. I have an almost identical picture, taken just after we'd eaten pulpo
at A Garnacha. We stopped as a group to fill up at a nearby water fountain.

It's a beautiful statue with Our Lady holding the brown scapular in her hand. As it
was just after Easter I belted out the Regina Caeli. It drew applause from an elderly
Spanish gentleman and an embarrassed silence from the rest of the group !

 

[Introibo]

Where would we be without Google Street View !
The statue is in Plaza Constitution just off Rua Principal.
I was wrong about the water fountain being "nearby". It's actually
built into the statue !

 

[Pelegrin]

Wherever it is .... a beautiful statue - and just LOOK at that sky!!! I miss blue Spanish skies!

So do I

 

[trevor56]

Plaza Constitution

Thank you so much. I've spent ages 'walking' through Google Earth trying to find it (next time - this September) I'll have GPS turned on on my camera phone.
It didn't help that my photo made the statue look really big, where in reality it looks quite small.

 

[Introibo]

De nada Trevor.
The camera I took had GPS but I usually turned it off to save battery power! A dumb idea.
I've spent ages trying to piece together where some pictures were taken.

I was surprised how small the statue is. Like yours, my picture made it look far
bigger. If it hadn't been for my singing I doubt I'd have remembered it as well.
When I looked on Google maps I realised why the chap was sat outside. There's
a bar directly opposite !

 

[wisepilgrim]

There is an almost identical one near the church in the upper half of Palas de Rei too, but this Madonna is definitely in Melide.

 

[trevor56]

Thanks. I'll look in Palas de Rei also later this year.

 

[Kanga]

Oh well, I was vaguely in the right area!