ESCULTURA DONA TREBALLADORA

This urban sculpture was built in 1996 by Andreu Alfaro, Valencian sculptor who died in 2012 aged 83. It is located in Plaça de la Dona (Woman’s square), in a roundabout  where converge Carretera de Castellar (Castellar Road), Passeig 22 de juliol (22^nd July Avenue), Avinguda Barcelona (Barcelona Avenue) and Avinguda de Jaume I (James first Avenue).

This sculpture is a ringlet, 40 metres high and it has a 4 metres wide base that reduces to 70 centimetres in its highest part.

It is made of corten steel , this with a modular repetition system based on planes that are interwoven give its strong dynamism.

It pays tribute to the working woman, especially the working woman from Terrassa, who played a key role during the industrialization period and still does taking into account the present society. 

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