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Nacimiento del Rio Tajo

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A 1600 metros de altitud, en plenos Montes Universales (Sierra de Albarracín), nace el Tajo, el río de mayor longitud de la Península Ibérica que, a lo largo de 1007 km, atraviesa España y Portugal para desembocar en el océano Atlántico en la ciudad de Lisboa.

En este punto un pequeño estanque recoge las aguas de varios manantiales cercanos marcando el inicio del río. 

No obstante, si algo destaca de este lugar es el Monumento al Padre Tajo, conjunto escultórico instalado a orillas del lago en 1974 y realizado por el artista José Gonzalvo Vives, natural de Rubielos de Mora (Teruel).

Presidiendo el grupo encontramos la personificación del río Tajo, caracterizada como una figura masculina coronada que hunde su larga espada en la roca.

Junto a él se sitúan las representaciones escultóricas de las tres provincias que confluyen en este paisaje: el toro, que alude a la provincia de Teruel; el cáliz, que nos habla de la provincia de Cuenca; y el caballero, en referencia a la provincia de Guadalajara.

Gracias a su impresionante dominio de la técnica de la forja y a la genial fusión de planchas geométricas en hierro, Gonzalvo da vida en esta obra a unas rígidas y estilizadas figuras que, imponentes, parecen emerger de su entorno rocoso inmediato, generando una perfecta integración entre naturaleza y arte. 

Description

At an altitude of 1600 meters, in the heart of the Universal Mountains (Sierra de Albarracín), the Tagus is born, the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula that, for 1007 km, crosses Spain and Portugal to empty into the Atlantic Ocean in the city of Lisbon.

At this point a small pond collects the waters of several nearby springs marking the beginning of the river.

However, if something stands out about this place, it is the Monument to Father Tajo, a sculptural group installed on the shores of the lake in 1974 and made by the artist José Gonzalvo Vives, a native of Rubielos de Mora (Teruel).

Presiding over the group we find the personification of the Tagus River, characterized as a crowned male figure who plunges his long sword into the rock.

Next to it are the sculptural representations of the three provinces that come together in this landscape: the bull, which alludes to the province of Teruel; the chalice, which tells us about the province of Cuenca; and the gentleman, in reference to the province of Guadalajara.

Thanks to his impressive mastery of the forging technique and the brilliant fusion of geometric iron plates, Gonzalvo gives life in this work to rigid and stylized figures that, imposing, seem to emerge from their immediate rocky environment, generating a perfect integration between nature and art.

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