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The Monument to Chabuca Granda (Spanish: Monumento a Chabuca Granda) is a monument made up by a pair of stone statues located at the Plazuela Chabuca Granda in Barranco District dedicated to Peruvian singer-songwriter Chabuca Granda. Next to Granda's statue is an equestrian statue of José Antonio de Lavalle y García, the subject of Granda's song José Antonio.

History

Granda lived part of her childhood on a ranch at the Bajada de los Baños in the district of Barranco until she was twelve years old, near the Bridge of Sighs, to which in 1960 she dedicated a song of the same name.[1][2]

As a result of this tribute to a major landmark of the district, the municipality decided to erect a sculpture in gratitude to her.[3][4] The monument, a stone work by Fausto Jaulis, an artist from Ayacucho,[5] was inaugurated on October 24, 1992,[6] in the Plazuela Chabuca Granda, next to the Bridge of Sighs. Next to it stands the monument to the José Antonio de Lavalle y García, to whom Chabuca dedicated the song José Antonio.[7]

In Santiago de Chile, a replica of the statue was unveiled in 2015.[8][9]

In 2021, Lavalle's statue was vandalised, with its head removed. It was quickly restored to its original state and an investigation was launched.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chabuca Granda: las mejores canciones de la cantautora que representa al Perú". La República. 2020-01-11.
  2. ^ "Atractivos Turísticos". Municipalidad de Barranco.
  3. ^ Reyna, Rob (2018-09-03). "¿Quién fue Chabuca Granda y por qué es mundialmente conocida?". RPP Noticias.
  4. ^ Monjeau, Federico (2017-12-02). "El Puente de los Suspiros y otros motivos limeños". Clarín.
  5. ^ "Público podrá apreciar en Parque La Muralla esculturas de artista ayacuchano". Andina. 2017-07-20.
  6. ^ Plan Distrital de Seguridad Ciudadana del Distrito de Barranco (PDF) (in Spanish). Municipalidad de Barranco. 2016. pp. 13, 15.
  7. ^ "Chabuca Granda: cinco lugares que puedes visitar para recordarla". El Comercio. 2019-09-04.
  8. ^ Nalvarte, Soledad (2015-02-12). "Réplica de monumento a Chabuca Granda en la Recoleta de Santiago de Chile". RPP Noticias.
  9. ^ Vivas, Fernando (2015-03-19). "Lima: Hija de Chabuca: "Agradezco a jóvenes por defender los murales"". El Comercio.
  10. ^ "Barranco: investigan cómo fue decapitada estatua de ´José Antonio´ en la plazuela Chabuca Granda". El Comercio. 2021-01-28.

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