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Now that I have your attention…
Brian Sewell's fantastic DVD was my first thought (general note: not a Camino walker documentary, you may be disappointed).I thought you were referring to Brian Sewell’s documentary on the Camino!
There is a tradition among some to hike naked on the Appalachian Trail on the day of the summer solstice. Sometimes it’s drama, sometimes it’s comedy.
I can possibly answer your least important question #3.Now that I have your attention, I will let you down gently and tell you that I am referring to the bronze sculpture in front of the Cathedral in Burgos. The following can be found on the internet: "El popular peregrino en bronce de la plaza del Rey San Fernando es obra del escultor burgalés Teodoro Antonio Ruiz Ruiz (Olmos de Atapuerca, 1952). Inicialmente la obra fue exhibida en el Paseo del Espolón, a las puertas del Consulado del Mar, como pieza de una exposición del artista promovida por la Diputación de Burgos. En abril de 1999 la obra escultórica, tras una pequeña restauración, fue trasladada a la plaza del Rey San Fernando, inicialmente frente a la la fachada del templo aunque después cambió el emplazamiento para que los turistas se pudieran fotografiar con la estatua manteniendo de fondo la Catedral. En enero de 2000, el peregrino fue adquirido por el Ayuntamiento de Burgos en cerca de 10 millones de pesetas."
I took a photo of 'him' in 2003 when he was facing the Cathedral and one in 2014 when he and the bench had been turned round. I have asked the Burgos tourist office and they referred me to the Archives, who suggested I check the statue's Twitter account. I did that and my questions weren't answered there. My questions are:
1) When was the statue first exhibited in the Paseo del Espolón?
2) When was the statue (and bench) turned around?
3) (Less important) Is the bench part of the sculpture? I mean, did Teodoro Ruiz make the bench for the statue, or is it a bench that had already been made?
If you can answer any of my questions, I would be grateful.
Does the statue actually have a Twitter account? Or did they mean the Twitter account of the Burgos tourist office? Their Twitter account posted a photo that shows the back of the statue:I have asked the Burgos tourist office and they referred me to the Archives, who suggested I check the statue's Twitter account
Bait and SwitchNow that I have your attention, I will let you down gently and tell you that I am referring to the bronze sculpture in front of the Cathedral in Burgos. The following can be found on the internet: "El popular peregrino en bronce de la plaza del Rey San Fernando es obra del escultor burgalés Teodoro Antonio Ruiz Ruiz (Olmos de Atapuerca, 1952). Inicialmente la obra fue exhibida en el Paseo del Espolón, a las puertas del Consulado del Mar, como pieza de una exposición del artista promovida por la Diputación de Burgos. En abril de 1999 la obra escultórica, tras una pequeña restauración, fue trasladada a la plaza del Rey San Fernando, inicialmente frente a la la fachada del templo aunque después cambió el emplazamiento para que los turistas se pudieran fotografiar con la estatua manteniendo de fondo la Catedral. En enero de 2000, el peregrino fue adquirido por el Ayuntamiento de Burgos en cerca de 10 millones de pesetas."
I took a photo of 'him' in 2003 when he was facing the Cathedral and one in 2014 when he and the bench had been turned round. I have asked the Burgos tourist office and they referred me to the Archives, who suggested I check the statue's Twitter account. I did that and my questions weren't answered there. My questions are:
1) When was the statue first exhibited in the Paseo del Espolón?
2) When was the statue (and bench) turned around?
3) (Less important) Is the bench part of the sculpture? I mean, did Teodoro Ruiz make the bench for the statue, or is it a bench that had already been made?
If you can answer any of my questions, I would be grateful.
Good for him. Why the heck not?Brian Sewell's fantastic DVD was my first thought (general note: not a Camino walker documentary, you may be disappointed).
My second thought was the real life naked pilgrim who walked into Santiago in July 2020 completamente desnudo - totally naked. One of numerous photos on Twitter and in the Spanish media at the time:
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They meant the Twitter account of the statue! "Esta estatua tiene cuenta en twitter: @PeregrinoBu por lo que debe mirar en esa cuenta pues con seguridad se informará de cuando se dio la vuelta a la estatua." -- Nothing new since 2016. They were wrong. He doesn't say when he turned around. Interesting to find that, in Spanish, 'upside down' and 'back to front' are the same, at least, according to Google Translate.Does the statue actually have a Twitter account? Or did they mean the Twitter account of the Burgos tourist office? Their Twitter account posted a photo that shows the back of the statue:
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I think he got busted, not sure what for though.Slightly off topic (no surprise there, then)
We do have our own naked rambler in the UK
An ex Royal Marine, which explains a lot.
Not been seen for a while. Perhaps gravity caught up with him as it does us all.
Bert45, as part of my virtual Camino, I had been studying the statuaries of Burgos when I read your initial questions, so I took a few minor detours in search of answers. Short version: No luck on your first two questions at all. Longer version: Possibly because public use of the Internet was largely tied to slow modems, and had not yet exploded, in the 1990s, information and photos from that period are a bit scarce. The earliest dated photos I found of El Peregrino are from 2009. By that time, our benched friend already had been moved and was facing away from the cathedral. See, for example, this Google Maps street view with an image capture date of July, 2009:But can we all get back to the point of my OP? If you can't answer my questions, please don't drivel on this thread.
Nicely and uniquely done! Thank you very much. During my searches, I saw no photos from that perspective.Here he is, with me:
The photo was taken 21 April 2003 (on film), by a passer-by or possibly another pilgrim.
Wow! I have put a unique photo on the internet!
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