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Conch
sculpture
Caracola
Av.
Navarra,
s/n,
15002
A
CoruĂąa
"Conch"
is
a
monument
located
in
the
Sculpture
Park
of
the
city
of
A
CoruĂąa,
very
close
to
the
famous
Tower
of
Hercules.
This
monument
is
made
from
the
wreckage
of
a
Greek
oil
tanker,
the
Aegean,
which
came
from
the
Aegean
Sea
and
was
burned
in
this
place
in
1992,
very
close
to
the
Tower
of
Hercules
and
almost
burning
down
the
entire
A
CoruĂąa
city.
This
means
that
homes
close
to
the
coast
must
be
evacuated
within
24
hours.
Fortunately,
the
wind
was
blowing
out
to
sea
and
the
fire
did
not
spread
to
land.
The
conch
shell,
the
work
of
Moncho
Amigo
(1952),
was
built
in
Punta
Herminia
and
became
another
victim
of
the
storm
surges
carried
by
the
River
Evi
from
Iceland
to
the
coast
of
A
CoruĂąa,
with
waves
as
high
as
6
to
9
meters
(peak
value
exceeds
19
meters).
It
is
a
work
of
art
that
pays
homage
to
the
horn
of
abundance,
to
wealth,
but
most
of
all
âto
the
wealth
that
every
ship
that
comes
and
goes
carries
and
to
which
its
crew
blows
as
a
warning
on
days
when
the
fog
approaches
to
avoid
collision
and
death.
,"
this
is
the
work
concept
of
its
author
Moncho
Amigo.
The
conch
could
not
withstand
the
test
of
time,
and
"rust
and
the
attack
of
salty
air
caused
it
to
stop
ringing,"
he
said.
It
endured
for
many
years,
"it
stood
on
the
front
line
of
death,
because
the
sea
near
Punta
Herminia
is
death,"
says
author
Amigo.
In
fact,
a
recent
storm
caused
the
conch
to
be
torn
from
its
base,
and
it
is
now
supported
only
by
pillars
that
support
its
weight
of
"approximately
3.5
tons."
What
people
see
now
is
a
replica,
using
new
materials
such
as
weathering
steel
to
allow
it
to
stand
here
longer.
