Statue of Junípero Serra (U.S. Capitol) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Junípero Serra |
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The statue in the U.S. Capitol, 2011
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Artist | Ettore Cadorin |
Movement | Bronze sculpture |
Subject | Junípero Serra |
Location | Los Angeles, California; Washington, D.C. |
Junípero Serra, or Father Junipero Serra, is a bronze sculpture depicting the Roman Catholic Spanish priest and friar Junípero Serra by Ettore Cadorin.
One statue is installed in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. It was donated by the U.S. state of California in 1931.
Another bronze statue was installed in Los Angeles in 1934.
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