Focus on this artwork and explore the Inauguration.
The monument was inaugurated on September 18, 1970 during the 5th World Congress of Asturian Societies. A simple pedestal was prepared in the Rinconín, originally intended as a temporary location, with a simple inscription:Various local authorities were present at the opening ceremony: Ignacio Bertrand Bertrand, mayor of Gijón; Juan Manuel Mateu de Ros, civil governor of Asturias; Aurelio González González, President of the World Congress of Asturian Societies; and Gonzalo García Passigli, representative of the Spanish Institute of Emigration.  During his speech, Ignacio Bertrand assured that that place was provisional, and "possibly [the sculpture] will be placed further away, on the top of La Providencia".After its inauguration, the monument received multiple criticisms. The newspaper La Nueva España titled its September 10, 1970 edition "A monument that is not liked"  and mentioned that a more classical sculpture was expected.  At the time of its inauguration, it was too modern a work, proof of this is what was written about it: "That clown cannot depict a sacred symbol like the mothers of our emigrants to America."
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