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Dona Lluna: A Tribute to Womankind is a sculpture by Saülo Mercader, standing in the middle of a rotunda, in the heart of the City of Sant Vicent del Raspeig, the home of Alicante University, in Southeastern Spain. It was unveiled on March 11, 2007 by local dignitaries and a symphony orchestra from Madrid.

Dona Lluna
Artist	Saülo Mercader
Medium	Bronze
Location	San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain
Coordinates	38.394177°N 0.51485°W / 38.394177; -0.51485

The sculpture, representing the shape of a powerful and massive female body, weighs 2 tons and is 4 metres high. The sculpture is surrounded by twelve painted stones ( 2 metres high) forming a lunar calendar.

It is inspired by Saülo Mercader's birth in 1944, in a mansion called Los Molinos in the city of San Vicente del Raspeig where he lived for the first five years of his childhood. Dona Lluna is a Valencian name which means Moon Lady. It is engraved with the statement, "Aquí nací, aquí doy" ("I was born here, I give–her this work of art–here").

External links

• website on Saülo Mercader's artwork.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070929085545/http://www.saulomercader.net/
• http://loeildegaia.free.fr/dona-lluna.html

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Dona Lluna está en el centro de una rotonda, en medio de la ciudad de San Vicente del Raspeig donde se encuentra la Universidad de Alicante, en el Sur-Este de España. Fue inaugurada el Domingo 11 de marzo de 2007, en presencia de las autoridades, de la alcaldesa, los concejales, la prensa y los media, una orquesta sinfónica venida de Madrid etc.

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