La Pasionaria, Statue Of Dolores Ibarruri, Clyde Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 2004. Monument. 1 related planning application.
La Pasionaria, Statue Of Dolores Ibarruri, Clyde Street, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- pitched-plaster-dawn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 2004
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NS 588 648
- Coordinates
- 55.85602, -4.25692
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
La Pasionaria is a statue of Dolores Ibarruri located on Clyde Street in Glasgow, created by Arthur Dooley between 1974 and 1979. The statue features a tall, narrow steel pedestal and plinth that support a standing fiberglass figure of Ibarruri, depicted with her arms stretched skyward and wearing flowing drapery to the north.
On the south elevation, the steel pedestal includes a plaque that reads: "THE CITY OF GLASGOW AND THE BRITISH LABOUR MOVEMENT pay tribute to the courage of those men and women who went to Spain to fight Fascism 1936-1939. 2,100 VOLUNTEERS WENT FROM BRITAIN; 534 WERE KILLED, 65 OF WHOM CAME FROM GLASGOW." The steel plinth also features a plaque with the quote: "BETTER TO DIE ON YOUR FEET THAN LIVE FOR EVER ON YOUR KNEES - Dolores Ibarruri (La Pasionaria)."
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