Focus on this artwork and explain the Explosion and subsequent repairs.
In 1976 an explosion damaged the lower part of the structure, which was painted to cover the damage. The monument, already damaged by the explosion, was tilted after a strong storm that hit the coasts of Asturias and Cantabria, leaving the figure in a precarious state.
Only when a citizen asked the City Council to sell him the structure, was it decided to repair it in 1995. The person in charge of the repair was Francisco González Macías, who rebuilt the figure's feet and provided it with greater stability through larger shafts and a base to ensure its stability.  He also modified the head and the left hand.After the repair, she was relegated to a warehouse and not located again in the Rinconín until the election of the first democratic government of the city in the early 1980s. Finally, between 1995 and 1996, its pedestal was replaced and it was located in a small, slightly elevated square that is accessed through a small staircase. The inscription on the pedestal was replaced by the poem "Al son del agua" by the poet Alfonso Camín from Gijón.
Between February and July 2004, she underwent a comprehensive restoration, as she was damaged. Specifically, several missing fingers on her right hand, cracks in her feet, and a rusty internal structure.In 2012, she was repaired again, after the middle finger of the right hand was vandalized.
Gijón Asturias