Juan de Ávalos

Juan de Ávalos y García-Taborda (b. Mérida, October 21, 1911 – d. Clínica Virgen del Mar, Madrid, July 7, 2006) was a Spanish sculptor.

Author of "Los amantes de Teruel" ("The lovers of Teruel") in Teruel, "Monumento a Luis Carrero Blanco" ("Monument to Luis Carrero Blanco") in Santoña, Cantabria, his most important works are those of the "Valle de los Caídos" ("The Valley of the Fallen"), a majestic monument in Madrid where Francisco Franco's body lies.

He married in 1937 María de la Soledad Carballo y Núñez and had two sons, Juan and Luis de Ávalos y Carballo.

Works

*"Ángel de la paz" in Valdepeñas
*"Arco del Triunfo a la Independencia" in Dominican Republic
*"Covarsí" in Badajoz
*"El Héroe Caído" in Badajoz
*"Genio de Extremadura"
*"La Ciudad y el Río"
*"Extremeños Universales"
*"Cristo Crucificado" in Almendralejo
*Statue of Pope John Paul II, Madrid, 1998 ()
*Statues of the Liberators