Town Hall side, arch 18
Juan Carlos I y Sofía
JVAN CARLOS I Y SOFIA
- Sculptor
- Venancio Blanco
- Year
- 1998
- Where it is
- Town Hall side, arch 18
The arch next to it, number 17, has its stone circle carved and the face left blank. The 21 blank ones
Who he was
Juan Carlos I
n. 1938 King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
Juan Carlos I is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 1975 until his abdication in 2014. Although chosen by Francisco Franco as his successor, Juan Carlos helped dismantle the Francoist system and oversee the Spanish transition to democracy.
Opening paragraph from the Wikipedia article on Juan Carlos I, in the revision we consulted, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Birth and death dates come from Wikidata.
Photograph: Basilio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 2012-09-01 · file page on Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and colour-matched to sit with the rest.
