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A large sculpture by artist Victor Ochoa Madrid entitled "The Zulo" serve as a permanent tribute to the victims of terrorism in Cartagena, as an initiative of the mayors the city has had for democracy.

The idea was negotiated two years ago will finally see the light in early 2009.

The statue, built in hollow bronze, has a height of 4.80 meters and weighs 2 tons.

The proposal has the support of various entities that will bear part of the cost of the sculpture which is valued at 740 thousand euros and the acquisition of which has been maintained by the city of Cartagena for installation in a central and representative of the city.

Pilar Barreiro The mayor explained that she and the former mayors of the city considered the Cartagena tribute to victims of terrorism should be conducted through a work of art that became a new addition to the identity of the city.

Ochoa's work was known to have been welcomed by several Spanish cities as a public declaration against terrorism.

Victor Ochoa is a specialist in monumental sculpture.

He is the author of other works such as Don Juan de Borbón figure is located in the Park of Nations or the face of the Nobel Prize Severo Ochoa, in the Molecular Biology Centre of the University.

Account in his work with several effigies of King in bronze, one located in the Palacio de Oriente and the other in the former post office.

His work is dedicated to sculpture in the Auditorio Alfredo Kraus named after him in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, as well as dedicated to Camilo Jose Cela, which was inaugurated by the Kings in the Complutense University.

There are his works in public spaces in Valencia, Oviedo, Bilbao, Sevilla, United States and Puerto Rico.

The City of Cartagena install the statue in the first quarter of next year and prepares an opening ceremony with representatives of victims of terrorism and representations of regional and national institutions, for it already advanced discussions with the various national parliamentary groups, with the idea of staging the unity of all political parties against terrorism.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena