Torrevieja’s Plaza Waldo Calero (the paved area between the fountain and restaurants behind the ‘hippy market’) has a new installation, unveiled earlier this week. A commemorative sculpture of a tree marks the 50th anniversary of the Diego Ramírez Pastor prize, an award which has been given every year for the last half century to honour a person or group who has made an outstanding contribution to the town.
The striking sculpture was created by sculptor and master smith Alejandro Cremades, and is an allegory made of iron and stainless steel measuring 2.8 meters high and 3.7 meters wide. Each of its leaves represents one of the winners in the last 50 years. It is a ‘living sculpture’, in that it will be possible to add a leaf with the new winner of each year.
he inauguration of the sculpture was attended by the mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón; the Councillor for Culture, Antonio Quesada; the secretary of the “Diego Ramírez Pastor” Award, Gema Mateo; the Queen of Salt Victoria Magoñ Rodríguez, and her ladies in waiting Gómez Rivero and Marta Mesa Vizcaíno, as well as several of the winners from the last half century of existence of the award.