Elogio del Horizonte
Elogio del Horizonte is a concrete sculpture located on the cliffsides of Gijón, Spain, overlooking the Cantabrian Sea. It stands 10 metres tall and weighs 500 tonnes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Fernando, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Description: sculpture by Eduardo Chillida in Gijón, Asturias, Spain
- Also known as: “Elogio del horizonte”, “Elogio del Horizonte (Chillida)”, “Eulogy of the Horizon”, and “Eulogy to the Horizon”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museo Jovellanos and Torre del Reloj.
Museo Jovellanos
Museum
Museo Jovellanos is a museum, which is situated 350 metres south of Elogio del Horizonte.
Torre del Reloj
Museum
Photo: Óscar González García, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.
Torre del Reloj is a museum, which is situated 380 metres south of Elogio del Horizonte.
Campo Valdés Roman baths
Museum
Photo: Maria jose 1963, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Campo Valdés Roman baths were public baths constructed in Gijón, Spain, near the end of the first century. They fell out of use in the fourth century before being used as a necropolis and covered by a plaza. Campo Valdés Roman baths is situated 430 metres south of Elogio del Horizonte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cimavilla and El Centro.
Cimavilla
Suburb
Photo: FDV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cimavilla is a neighbourhood of the municipality of Gijón, in Asturias, Spain. Its population was 2,811 in 2012. Cimavilla is the oldest part of the city, in it there are ruins of the old Roman settlement.
Elogio del Horizonte
- Categories: sculpture and tourism
- Location: Gijón, Asturias, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.54908° or 43° 32′ 57″ northLongitude
-5.66304° or 5° 39′ 47″ westElevation
22 metres (72 feet)Inception
1990Open location code
8CMPG8XP+JQOpenStreetMap ID
node 28348928OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
6452906Wikidata ID
Q1186860
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Elogio del Horizonte” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Elogio del Horizonte”
- Asturian: “Elogio del Horizonte”
- Basque: “Zerumugaren Goraipamena”
- Bengali: “ইলোহিও দেল হরিজন্তে”
- Bosnian: “Elogio del Horizonte”
- Catalan: “Elogi de l’Horitzó”
- Cebuano: “Elogio del Horizonte”
- French: “Éloge de l’horizon”
- German: “Elogio del horizonte”
- Italian: “Elogio del Horizonte”
- Portuguese: “Elogio del Horizonte”
- Portuguese: “Elogio do Horizonte”
- Slovenian: “Elogio del horizonte”
- Slovenian: “Evlogija obzorja”
- Spanish: “Elogio del horizonte”
- Swedish: “Elogio del Horizonte”
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