ESCULTURA DR. D. JOSÉ GARCÍA ESTRADA

The bust is located on the south side of the Garc a Estrada square, although it was originally located in the Plaza del Iglesia del Carmen. Don Jos Garc a Estrada was born in 'E Realejo Under July 24, 1871, obtaining a degree in Medicine in Seville at thirty, specifically on September 30, 1901. He devoted himself to General Medicine and was Head doctor and municipal health inspector in his hometown. He installed, in the thirties, an X-ray device ( u2026) in his office of Realejo Alto, where, as at that time the current was continuous, he has a switch to transform it into an alternating current of fifty periods. As Don Jos said when he was visiting someone who was ill, only when he arrived the patients were cured. If you don't have to pay him, you will pay me and write it down in a notebook. Two days before he died in his bed, he sent the maid to take all the books and burn them in the courtyard. U201D (Source PNC-Los Realejos.

The sculptor is Mr. Enrique Cejas Zald var, a sculptor characterized by monumentality. In general, a marked tendency towards aesthetics is observed in his work, which gives a plumb serenity. He is more interested in strength and solidity than grace.