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La Bella Lola

The bronze statue La Bella Lola seated at the end of a white bench on the rocks of Torrevieja's seafront, looking out to sea at sunset.
Artwork FileTorrevieja, Spain

La Bella Lola

SeenDec 2021

Carmen Fraile · 1999 or 2000 · Torrevieja

Photo: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), 31 December 2019. Resized.

La Bella Lola is a life-size statue by Carmen Fraile of a woman seated on the rocks of Torrevieja's seafront, staring out to sea. The city calls its sculptures a tribute to the women who watched their husbands, fathers and sons leave to work at sea, and its tourism office says she is one of the most photographed spots in town. In 2009 Torrevieja gave a replica, also by Fraile, to its twin city Oviedo. Source Source Source Source Reported

Seen Dec 2021 — evidence dated 2021-12-05. Reported in place Dec 2021. Source Reported

💡 3 things to know

  1. A local sea story behind herAccording to El Periódico de Aquí, the local story says Lola's husband Antonio sailed on La Gaviota, which never returned; the search was called off on 12 May 1919. Source Reported
  2. A copy in OviedoTorrevieja donated a replica to Oviedo in 2009 for the twinning of the cities; it sits on a wooden bench in the plaza del Fontán. Source Reported
  3. Three LolasEl Periódico de Aquí counts two Bella Lola statues in Torrevieja, a few metres apart, plus the one in Oviedo, all by Carmen Fraile. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

Paseo Juan Aparicio 2-4 (Paseo de las Rocas), Torrevieja, Alicante, Spain. Source Source Checked

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 201931 Dec

    The seated Bella Lola on the rocks

  2. 20215 Dec

    Local history piece on the Bella Lola statues · El Periódico de Aquí

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✅ The facts

Sculptor
Carmen Fraile Source Checked
Location
Paseo Juan Aparicio 2-4, Torrevieja Source Checked
Placed on the seafront
1999 (Oviedo museum) or 2000 (labellesa.cat) Source Source Conflicting
Meaning
Tribute to the women of Torrevieja who waited for sailors Source Checked
Oviedo replica
2009, plaza del Fontán, also by Fraile Source Checked
Story
Based on a local story of the boat La Gaviota, lost in 1919, according to El Periódico de Aquí and labellesa.cat Source Source Reported
Second Torrevieja statue
Dique de Levante, a few metres away; she waves goodbye to the sailors Source Reported

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