A Ferida (''English: The Wound'') is a sculpture located in the municipality of

Muxía Muxía () is a coastal town and municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Fisterra. It is one of the final destinations for pilgrims on the Way of St. Ja ...

A Coruña A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. A Coruña is the most populated city in Galicia and the second most populated municipality in the autonomous community and s ...

, Spain. Made by sculptor, , it faces the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

, outside the entrance of the Virxe da Barca sanctuary. The granite sculpture stands more than in height and weighs 400 tons. The granite came from

O Porriño O Porriño (historically known in English as ) is a municipality in Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra (province), Pontevedra. An industrial town, in the Vigo metropolitan area, it is an important economic dependency. ...

, and it is the largest sculpture in Galicia and Spain.

Background

The work was donated by Seguros Aegon to the Muxián council as a tribute to the volunteers who came to help the

Galician people Galicians ( gl, galegos, es, gallegos, link=no) are a Celtic-Romance ethnic group from Spain that is closely related to the Portuguese people and has its historic homeland is Galicia, in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. Two Romance l ...

when the

Prestige oil spill The ''Prestige'' oil spill occurred off the coast of Galicia, Spain in November 2002, caused by the sinking of the 26-year-old, structurally deficient oil tanker , carrying 77,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil. During a storm, it burst a tank on 13 ...

occurred on November 13, 2002. It was inaugurated on September 12, 2003.

Gallery

A Ferida escultura en Muxía 05.jpg, A Ferida A Ferida escultura en Muxía 03.jpg, A Ferida A Ferida escultura en Muxía 04.jpg, A Ferida Monumento fronte ó Santuario da Virxe da Barca, Muxía.jpg, A Ferida Muxía.Pedra da Ferida.jpg, A Ferida Muxía A Ferida Monumento ao desastre do Prestige Atardecer de J A Alcaide.jpg, A Ferida A Ferida de Alberto Bañuelos Fournier, Muxía.jpg, A Ferida

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Maritime incidents in Spain 2000s in Galicia (Spain) Spanish sculpture Sculptures in Spain {{galicia-stub

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