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Ventura Rodriguez Tizón (1717-1785), designer with sculptors Francisco Gutiérrez and Roberto Michel, "Fuente de Cibeles" (1780), sculpture group of Cybele in her lion-drawn car, centerpiece of the Plaza de Cibiles in central Madrid. A replica was created and installed in Mexico City in 1980.

The centrality of this plaza has much to do with the longstanding tradition that brings football fans — for Real Madrid and for the Spanish national team — here to celebrate their frequent victories. But historical political celebrations have taken place here, as well, such as that marking the beginning of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931.

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300 - 1990's, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.