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HERCULES IN ANDALUCIA
Andalucía is an autonomous community of Spain,
it is located south of the Iberian Peninsula;
bordered to the west by Portugal, Gibraltar
and the Mediterranean sea.
The figure of the mythical Greek hero Heracles (Latin: Hercules), appears between the columns. He is seen seizing and taming two lions, each representing the power of animal instinct, above the legend: "ANDALUCÍA POR SÍ, PARA ESPAÑA Y LA HUMANIDAD". An arc joins the two columns with the Latin inscription: "DOMINATOR HERCULES FUNDATOR". Many of these elements were adopted from the arms of the city of Cádiz.
HERCULES IN EACH PROVINCE
JAEN
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THIS MARBLE HERCULES
(I A.D.) WAS FOUND IN
ALCALA LA REAL.
IT CAN BE VISITED
IN THE ARCHEOLOGICAL
MUSEUM OF MADRID.
THIS MODERN HERCULES BY THE LOCAL SCULPTOR MANUEL LÓPEZ IS LOCATED AT THE TOP OF A CHARMING PALACE IN ANDÚJAR.
CORDOBATHIS HEAD OF HERCULES IS AT THE ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
SEVILLA
SEVILLA
The Alameda de Hércules ,a garden square, built in 1574, was
originally a promenaded public garden, named after the eight
rows of white poplars trees (álamos in Spanish) that fill its central part, it was the oldest
public garden in Spain and Europe. two sculptures were placed atop the two southern
columns: Hercules (mythological founder of Seville) and Julius
Caesar (referred to as the restorer of the city during
Roman rule).
SEVILLA
HUELVAIn addition to its ecological value as an
area of marshes and nesting birds, the
island is known for its archaeological value.
It is often thought of as the location of
the semi-mythical city of Tartessos.
The Roman poet Avienus in his Maritime Ora,
referred to the "island between two rivers".
Previously, Strabo (III, 5.5) spoke of the
trips of the Phoenician sailors to the area
from the eighth century whose oracle tells
them to build a temple to Hercules.
The truth is that between the legend and
the Biblical reference -the Tarschish of
"The Book of Kings" – Tartessos contacts
with the Greek world in the mid-seventh
century.
3th C BC coin from Gadir showing the head of Melqart (Hercules) wearing a lion’s skin headdress.
For the Greeks and Romans Gadeira was the western-most point of the knownworld, beyond, the seas were not navigable. The island on which Gadeira stood wastraditionally identified as Erytheia, where Geryon fed the oxen that were carriedoff by Hercules. Hercules founded Gadeira after performing his tenth labour,slaying Geryon, the monster with three heads.
CADIZ
Melkart-Hercules,phoenician sculpture, Archeological Museum of Cádiz.
Adjacent to the Gate of Justice is a circular artillery bastion from where a cut stone wall descends, in front of which this Renaissance sculptural masterpiece of stone stands.
It shows a tripartite composition of three different figureheads, representing the rivers of Granada: the Darro, the Beiro, and the Genil.
In the centre of the second figure is a modillion, with an inscription alluding to Emperor Charles V, flanked by two pilasters showing the Borgoña and Lorena coat of arms and Hercules’ columns. The wall stretch supporting the pillar has four medallions sculpted with three mythological figures: Hercules killing the Lerna Hydra; the sisters of Frixo and Hele crossing the Hellespont astride a ram; Daphne pursued by Apollo; and Alexander Magno.
GRANADA:Charles V Pillar
Palace of Charles V. Circular reliefs of the main facade. Hercules the Nemean lion and Creta's Bull.
ALMERIA: cathedral
Detail of the columns of Hercules
Bronce Hercules (I B.C.)foundin the street Granada of Malaga.
MALAGA
In 1890, when he was 9, Picasso drew with a pencil onpaper this Hercules , inspired by a statue standing at acorridor of his family´s apartment.