The embrace
Artwork: The embrace Author: Mª José Zanón Location: Cortes Valencianas square Date: 1997 El Abrazo (The Embrace) is a sculpture made of Corten steel, which received an award in the III Contest of Artistic and Sculptural Works in Aldaia 1997. It measures 400 x 80 (63) cm. The work shows us, by way of formal […]
Mother, earth, teeth
Artwork: Mother, earth, teeth Artist: Kioto Ota Location: Joan Fuster avenue/ Cinturón Verde (Green belt) Date: 2001 The artwork “Earth, Mother, Teeth” comes from the idea of the earth as the mother of life. Life is born on earth and returns to it. If the earth has a face, then the stones are the teeth […]
Armonías (Harmonies)
Artworks: Armonías (Harmonies) Artist: José Antonio Orts Location: Joan Fuster avenue/ Cinturón Verde (Green belt) Date: 2001 The artwork entitled Armonías (Harmonies) is a set of photosensitive sound sculptures that collect the light from the sky of Aldaia and transform it into sound harmonies (musical chords). The ensemble follows the evolution of natural light, the […]
Quetzacóatl
Obra: Quetzacóatl Scuptor: Carlos Monje Location: Joan Fuster avenue/ Cinturón Verde (Green belt) Date: 1986 Quetzacóatl repeats a zoomorphic myth from his ancestral Aztec culture. The intimate and personal act of creation gives rise to the sculptural imagination, where it takes on corporeality in matter. First on the surface and inwards, as it is from […]
Maimara, star of the Earth beyond
Artwork: Maimara, star of the Earth beyond Artist: Sebastià Miralles Location: Joan Fuster avenue/ Cinturón Verde (Green belt) Date: 2001 This piece, made of stone and iron, was worked on by Sebastià Miralles in situ in the Green Belt during the 1st International Meeting of Public Sculpture in 2001, directed by the teacher and artist […]
Firelight
Artwork: Firelight Artist: Aleix Alemany Location: Roundabout Miguel Hernández avenue and the Mayor street Date: 2021 The metal sculpture represents the homage of the people of Aldaia to the 1978 Constitution, the supreme statute of the Spanish legal system, to which all public authorities and citizens are subject. The Constitution was ratified in a referendum […]
Water Sculpture
Artwork: Water Sculpture Artist: Joan Llavería Arasa Location: Roundabout confluence between Vicente Blasco Ibáñez avenue and the Green Belt. Date: 2001 A stainless steel sculpture-fountain located in a green area in the shape of an artichoke where light and water play a role in the piece. The pressure of the water on the steel planes […]
Faces in memory
Artwork: Faces in memory Author: Aleix Alemany Navarro Location: Oliveretes Park Date: 2018 “Faces of memory. Respect, record and memory”. This work was created to commemorate the arrival in Aldaia of 200 children from Madrid who were taken in by families from Aldaia during the Civil War. The work represents physically and in an exemplary […]
Tribute to the Kyoto Protocol
Artwork: Tribute to the Kyoto Protocol Artist: J&P Llavería Location: Melitón Comes Roundabout – Encrucijadas path Date: 2005 We need references that situate us in space in order to locate ourselves, fix our position, and chart the direction to follow with the aim of advancing or progressing. Furthermore, we need forms that signify and reference […]
Tribute to the 1978 Constitution
Artwork: Tribute to the 1978 Constitution Artist: Andreu Alfaro Location: Constitución square Date: 1986 The metal sculpture represents the homage of the people of Aldaia to the 1978 Constitution, the supreme body of Spanish law, to which all public authorities and citizens are subject. The Constitution was ratified in a referendum on the 6th of […]