El Obelisco
El Obelisco rises in the Plaza de la Constitución as a narrow, lance-like column of dark volcanic stone. Its rough surface shows pores, crystalline cavities, and seams beneath the open sky.
Municipal architect Joan Margarit i Serradell built the shaft in the mid-1950s using lava quarried in La Isleta. The city inaugurated the monument on 18 July 1957, without a pedestal or inscription. During the democratic era, the structure became the Monument to the Constitution of 1978 and gained a plaque bearing its preamble. Its inauguration date also carries difficult historical associations for many people.
Across the small square dedicated to poet Tomás Morales, a statue by Victorio Macho faces the volcanic column. As you move around it, the lava catches light across every cavity and seam.
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