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Monumento a Maximo Gomez
At the beginning of the Avenida de las Misiones is this splendid monument in honour of General Maximo Gomez, who sits on his horse atop a high pedestal of marble and granite. General Gomez is shown wearing his battle field dress, his head without a hat, with an erect posture and pulling the reins on his horse.
The monument consists of three bodies: the first base-relief represents two different groups of men and women; their sacrifices as a result of their fight for independence illustrated by the giant horses jumping out of the triumphant arch.
On the second level is the other group of men and women represented in a high-relief. The liberators and the people are emphasised by their homage to their hero and they are lead at the front by a winged statue of Victory.
The third body displays a temple of Doric columns that calls to mind the Temple of the Fatherland, where upon the second group of men and women are climbing to the top and at times becomes part of the pedestal.
Permission for the monument was passed by Congress Law on the 9th of May 1916. International artists were encouraged to tender for the project which was eventually won by the Italian sculptor Aldo Gamba. It wasn’t inaugurated though for some 20 years after its creation when on the 19th of November 1936, Margarita Gomez – one of the General’s daughters – was given the honour of unveiling it.
Quite surprisingly though, photographs on the wall, an oven and not least the music blaring out of its core give this magnificent work of art a rather homely feel to it.
References
Juan de las Cuevas Toraya, 500 Años De Construcciones En Cuba, Havana 2001, p264.
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