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The Boy on the Seahorse (Spanish: "El niño sobre el caballito de mar"), commonly known as El caballito, is a sculpture by Rafael Zamarripa. Two versions are installed in Puerto Vallarta, in the Mexican state of Jalisco; one along the Malecón in Centro and another at Playa de los Muertos in Zona Romántica.

The Boy on the Seahorse
Spanish: El niño sobre el caballito de mar
The sculpture in 2014
Artist	Rafael Zamarripa
Location	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Coordinates	20°36′33.7″N 105°14′8″W

One of the existing sculptures along the Malecón, installed in 1976, replaced a smaller version which was erected at Playa de los Muertos in the late 1960s but later swept away by a storm. The work has been described as an icon of the city.[1][2]

References

External links

• Media related to The Boy on the Seahorse at Wikimedia Commons

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