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Speaking to The New York Times’ Palko Karasz, Lázaro says, “We found it repulsive, we think it’s obscene, and we don’t think that this statue is suitable to represent the city.” Additionally, as the Guardian’s Jones reports, the association fears the statue “could prove a magnet for people inclined towards diabolical veneration.”Ĭity heritage supervisor Claudia de Santos, however, stands in full support of the statue, telling El País that it will attract more people to the walled site, thereby lessening traffic in the crowded old quarter. "It has not been made to hurt anyone's feelings, quite the opposite: it is designed so that people smile at its side,” he adds in an interview with CNN Travel’s Francesca Street.īut that message was lost in translation amongst members of the Catholic San Miguel and San Frutos Association, launched by locals Marta Jerez and Maria Esther Lázaro, who sought the court injunction. As he tells BBC News, Abella considers the Spanish city, where he’s lived for the past three decades, to be an adopted home, and he created the statue to express his affection for it. The artist didn’t realize the design would prove so controversial. “When I saw the little figure they had there as a tribute, I thought, ‘What a great idea to export to Segovia,’” Abella explains. José Antonio Abella, the artist behind the work, tells Nicolás Pan-Montojo of El Paísthat he was inspired to create the sculpture after a trip to Lübeck, Germany, which boasts a similar bust of the devil welcoming visitors to a church he was reputedly tricked into building much like the Segovian aqueduct.
But after reviewing the complaint, he gave the installation the green light, ordering petitioners to hand over $569 (€500) in legal fees and enabling the sculpture to debut as early as this week. An online petition that has garnered some 5,600 signatures to date further argues the work is “offensive Catholics, because constitutes the glorification of evil.” (Comparatively, a counter-petition launched by supporters of the statue has attracted some 2,850 signatures.)Ĭritics fear the statue “could prove a magnet for people inclined towards diabolical veneration"Īccording to a separate Guardianarticle by Jones, a judge halted the heritage project after protestors expressed these concerns. As Sam Jones reports for the Guardian, some locals have denounced the statue on the grounds that its affable features defy the “repulsive and despicable” appearance typically afforded to the devil. Set to be erected by the ancient Spanish city’s north wall, it depicts the devil smiling for a selfie, a nod to Segovia’s history and the tourists the devil has “lured” there.īut in this case, the devil is in the details. To pay tribute to the aqueduct’s origin story (which has proven quite the tourist draw), the local council commissioned a sculpture of the devil last year. According to legend, the devil was just one stone away from completing the aqueduct when the night ended, releasing the girl from her contract and leaving the town of Segovia with a fancy new aqueduct. Meanwhile, the girl, experiencing a sudden change of heart, began fervently praying for her soul’s salvation. The devil toiled away, stacking brick after brick. If the devil could finish the job by the end of the night, she agreed to pay for the deed with her soul.
Mock-up of the statue in place alongside the Segovian aqueductĬourtesy of José Antonio Abella/City of SegoviaĪccording to a local legend, the Spanish city of Segovia can thank the devil for its aqueduct.Īs the story goes, a girl tasked with hauling heavy buckets of water across steep streets propositioned the devil to create a means to carry the water for her.
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